Synonyms for toga

Grammar : Noun

Spell : toh-guh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtoʊ gə

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Définition of toga

Origin : c.1600, from Latin toga "cloak or mantle," related to tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
The outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace; toga prætexta had a broad purple border and was worn by children, magistrates, persons engaged in sacred rites, and later also emperors; toga virilis, the "toga of manhood," was assumed by boys at puberty.
Breeches, like the word for them (Latin bracae) were alien to the Romans, the dress of Persians, Germans and Gauls, so that bracatus "wearing breeches" was a term in Roman geography meaning "north of the Alps." College fraternity toga party popularized by movie "Animal House" (1978), but this is set in 1962.

As in tunic : noun long shirt
As in tog : noun dress
As in dress : noun clothing; woman's garment

Example sentences :

It is indeed a proud day for the youngster, because it is his putting on of the toga.
Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie

Kihei (ki-hi)--a robe of kapa worn after the fashion of the Roman toga.
Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

The ordinary garments of the Romans were the toga and the tunic.
Extract from : « Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology » by Charles K. Dillaway

The toga was an ample semi-circular garment, also without sleeves.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

He might wear a toga and then be Marius among the ruins of Carthage.
Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana

And he did not even feel that Petronius covered his head that moment with the toga.
Extract from : « Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year » by E.C. Hartwell

He gave his boy his toga, or, as we should say, made a man of him.
Extract from : « The Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope

It was to draw around him the toga, with which he silently covered his face.
Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers

And the young man, casting his toga aside, rushed forth in his tunic.
Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

"Then we give you war," said Fabius, shaking out the folds of the toga.
Extract from : « Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) » by Charles Morris

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