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noun
A badge of two wide purple stripes, worn by senators and certain other high-ranking people in ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Late Latin lāticlāvium, lāticlāvus, from lātus (“broad”) + clāvus (“purple stripe”).
Across languages
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