unrobed

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Scandalized moralists cried: "Who were these unwigged, unrobed, tradition-mocking judges?"

From Time Magazine Archive

He gave his assent in form to several laws, unrobed, took his seat on a chair of state which had been placed for him, and listened with much interest to the debate.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Speechless as the unrobed intruder at the marriage feast, he stands trembling before his Judge.

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph

The sons I saw Of Nerli, and of Vecchio, well content With unrobed jerkin; and their good dames handling The spindle and the flax: O happy they!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various

The court or hall in which the friends unrobed served the purpose of a drying-chamber as well as a dressing-room.

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)