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Robe

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Robe 

a loose, floor-length garment worn over other clothing. It is the ceremonial and formal apparel of kings, the pope, and high officials of the Orthodox Church. In some countries, including Great Britain, robes are worn by judges and barristers; on ceremonial occasions, members of learned societies and academies wear robes.
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That was what made me as a boy think of it always as the robe in which he was christened, but I knew later that we had all been christened in it, from the oldest of the family to the youngest, between whom stood twenty years.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Get me a prisoner's robe from your Official Wardrobe.
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As soon as he was told of the king's illness he put on his best robe and presented himself before the king.
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