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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prae•tex•ta (prē tek′stə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tex•tae (-tek′stē).USA pronunciation - Antiquity(in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
- Antiquitya similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
Also, pretexta. - Latin, short for toga praetexta literally, bordered toga. See pretext
- 1595–1605
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