robe

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   clothe formally

   Especially in ecclesiastical robes.

2. 2
   noun

   A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.

   Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.

3. 3
   verb

   To clothe; to dress.

   Robed in glory.

4. 4
   noun

   outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”). cognates and related terms Akin to Old High German roup (“booty”) (Modern German Raub (“robbery, spoils”)), Old High German roubōn (“to rob, steal”) (Modern German rauben (“to rob”)), Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty, dress, armour, robe, garment”), Old...

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