robed

robe  (rb)

n.

1. A long loose flowing outer garment, especially:

a. An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.

b. An academic gown.

c. A dressing gown or bathrobe.

2. robes Clothes; apparel.

3. A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth: a lap robe.

v. robed, rob·ing, robes

v.tr.

To cover or dress in or as if in a robe. See Synonyms at clothe.

v.intr.

To put on robes or a robe.

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[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

robed - dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors" appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"

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robed

adjective dressed, attired, apparelled, enrobed I was sitting robed in the church.