toga virilis

American  

[toh-guh vi-rahy-lis, -ree-, taw-gah wi-ree-lis] / ˈtoʊ gə vɪˈraɪ lɪs, -ˈri-, ˈtɔ gɑ wɪˈri lɪs /

noun

plural

togae viriles

1. the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.

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toga virilis British  

/ vɪˈraɪlɪs /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) the toga assumed by a youth at the age of 14 as a symbol of manhood and citizenship

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Etymology

Origin of toga virilis

1590–1600; < Latin toga virīlis; toga, virile

Example Sentences

The assumption of the toga virilis by our youth, may be practically translated, the putting on of the travelling cloak.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828 by Various

After they had arrived at the age of seventeen, young men assumed the toga virilis.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

In such schools, if he were not educated at home, the boy remained till he was invested with the toga virilis, or pura.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

The wax-copy of Victor, to express his majority, was arrayed in a toga virilis, an overcoat which the original had cast off; likewise the chamber which the living one vacated was cleared out.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul

If you want to bathe you walk into the sea as you stand, or hand your toga virilis to the bystanders, if any.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John