Toga
noun
A long, loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans.
In ancient Rome, the toga was a sign of Roman citizenship.
Often appears as...
- wear a toga
- roman toga
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Historical
noun
A kind of dress worn for some types of parties, or ceremonial events in modern times, inspired by ancient Roman togas.
They wore togas to the Greek-themed party.
Often appears as...
- toga party
- wear a toga
Usage tips
Modern
noun
A long, loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans.
In ancient Rome, the toga was a sign of Roman citizenship.
Often appears as...
- wear a toga
- roman toga
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A kind of dress worn for some types of parties, or ceremonial events in modern times, inspired by ancient Roman togas.
They wore togas to the Greek-themed party.
Often appears as...
- toga party
- wear a toga
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Toga indicated citizenship in ancient Rome; it was more than just clothing.
To the Romans, stepping out in a toga meant showcasing their societal status.
Pro Tip 2/3Wearing Occasions
Togas were worn for public and formal events, not as everyday attire.
Senators would don their togas for an important vote in the forum.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender-Specific
Traditionally, togas were worn by men; women wore a similar garment called a stola.
At public ceremonies, men wore togas while women were adorned in stolas.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Toga indicated citizenship in ancient Rome; it was more than just clothing.
To the Romans, stepping out in a toga meant showcasing their societal status.
Pro Tip 2/3Wearing Occasions
Togas were worn for public and formal events, not as everyday attire.
Senators would don their togas for an important vote in the forum.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender-Specific
Traditionally, togas were worn by men; women wore a similar garment called a stola.
At public ceremonies, men wore togas while women were adorned in stolas.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Toga indicated citizenship in ancient Rome; it was more than just clothing.
To the Romans, stepping out in a toga meant showcasing their societal status.
Pro Tip 2/3Wearing Occasions
Togas were worn for public and formal events, not as everyday attire.
Senators would don their togas for an important vote in the forum.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender-Specific
Traditionally, togas were worn by men; women wore a similar garment called a stola.
At public ceremonies, men wore togas while women were adorned in stolas.
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Video examples
A glimpse of teenage...
Lucius watches his brother stand in his new toga before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
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Storytellers Summit Day...
up your care ten thousand toga once you've reduced that population down to fifty twenty ten percent of its of its natural levels you're looking at decades and decades for it to recover if if ever the deeper you dig the bigger it gets
Video examples
A glimpse of teenage...
Lucius watches his brother stand in his new toga before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
up your care ten thousand toga once you've reduced that population down to fifty twenty ten percent of its of its natural levels you're looking at decades and decades for it to recover if if ever the deeper you dig the bigger it gets
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian Designer
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Sadly, I don't really believe in the idea of timeless fashion. It's an oxymoron. If 'classic fashion' really never changed, we'd all still be wearing togas.
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Alessandro Nivola
American Actor
Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
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Colm Keaveney
Irish Politician
If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.
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Jimmy Cannon
American Journalist
I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.
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Tobias Menzies
English Actor
I'm not sure I had the legs for togas.
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Diane von Furstenberg
Belgian Designer
The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.
Quote examples
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
Quote examples
Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Sadly, I don't really believe in the idea of timeless fashion. It's an oxymoron. If 'classic fashion' really never changed, we'd all still be wearing togas.
Quote examples
Alessandro Nivola
American Actor
Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
Quote examples
Colm Keaveney
Irish Politician
If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.
Quote examples
Jimmy Cannon
American Journalist
I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas.
Quote examples
Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.
Quote examples
Tobias Menzies
English Actor
I'm not sure I had the legs for togas.
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