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Definition of Toga

Toga
Toga To"ga, n.; pl. E. Togas, L. Tog[ae]. [L., akin to tegere to cover. See Thatch.] (Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga pr[ae]texta. Toga pr[ae]texta. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. Toga virilis [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

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- The toga (/ˈtoʊɡə/, classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa]), a distinctive garment of ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and...
- Look up Toga, toga, tóga, Tóga, or tɔgã in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A toga is a garment worn in ancient Rome. Toga may also refer to: Toga District...
- A toga party is a Greco-Roman-themed costume party where attendees wear a garment inspired by ancient Roman clothing (normally made from a bed sheet) with...
- 20, 2008. Darling, Lynn; Joe Calderone (September 26, 1978). "TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!: The Toga Party, Popping Up on Campuses Across the Country". The Washington...
- An ʻie tōga is a special finely woven mat that is an important item of cultural value in Samoa. They are commonly referred to in English as "fine mats"...
- Toga (利賀村, Toga-mura) was a village located in Higa****onami District, Toyama Prefecture, ****an. Historically, along with neighbouring Taira, Kami-Taira...
- Toga is an island in the Torres group, within the Torba Province of Vanuatu. Toga Island is the most southern of the Torres Islands. The island's size...
- Toga Shrine (砥鹿神社, Toga Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, ****an. It is the ichinomiya of former Mikawa Province...
- Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken by about 580 people on the islands of Lo and Toga, in the Torres group of northern Vanuatu. The language has sometimes...
- The toga play was a theatrical genre po****r at the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth century. It combined plots from po****r...