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robe

noun as in gown, often for wearing at home

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The bronze statue, crafted by Polish sculptor Fredda Brilliant, shows Gandhi wearing robes and sitting cross-legged.

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Performers are robed and instruments are carried on ramshackle wheelbarrows, setting up the transitory mood of the night.

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It depicts a judge in a traditional wig and black robe hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattering their placard.

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One told me, referring to his memories as a four-year-old: "It was like a dream… He walked across the snow, followed by all the villagers… I followed him just to touch the Imam's robe."

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He was deep and surprisingly tall, though crooked and bald, and his robes hung long.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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