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toga virilis

NOUN
  1. (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship

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  • Then he would take off the customary toga praetexta of a Roman boy and put on him the toga virilis, the coat of manhood. THE NAMES OF JESUS
  • This act was symbolised by the Romans in the beautiful ceremony of putting on the toga of manhood (_toga virilis_), when the lad was led by his father to the Capitoline temple to make sacrifices to The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome
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