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praetextas

praetextas


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Praetexta  \Pr[ae]*tex"ta\,  n.;  pl  {Pr[ae]text[ae]},  E. 
  {Pr[ae]textas}.  [L.  (sc.  toga),  fr  praetextus,  p.  p.  of 
  praetexere  to  weave  before  to  fringe,  border;  prae  before  + 
  texere  to  weave.]  (Rom.  Antiq.) 
  A  white  robe  with  a  purple  border,  worn  by  a  Roman  boy  before 
  he  was  entitled  to  wear  the  toga  virilis,  or  until  about  the 
  completion  of  his  fourteenth  year,  and  by  girls  until  their 
  marriage.  It  was  also  worn  by  magistrates  and  priests.