Meaning

noun any loose flowing garment

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

verb clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

originFrom 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…

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