don a robe

Frequency: 4.22.1 per million words

A more formal way to say 'put on a robe'.

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Examples (10)

  • The king prepared to don his ceremonial robe for the coronation.
  • After his bath, the emperor would don a silk robe.
  • The priest began to don his liturgical robes before the service.
  • She watched the judge don a black robe and enter the courtroom.
  • Graduates were asked to don their academic robes before the ceremony.
  • It was time for the wizard to don his star-patterned robe.
  • The monk would don a simple saffron robe every morning.
  • Before appearing on stage, the actor had to don a heavy velvet robe.
  • The choir members donned their white robes in the vestry.
  • He helped the elderly scholar don a warm, fur-lined robe.