Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRAE-TEX'TA
PRAE-TEX'TA, n. [PRÆ-TEX'TA. L.]
A white robe worn by a Roman youth before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until he was seventeen years of age.
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PRAE-TEX'TA, n. [PRÆ-TEX'TA. L.]
A white robe worn by a Roman youth before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until he was seventeen years of age.
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