black robe
Magistrate's formal attire
A black robe is a judge, from the traditional garment worn on the bench.
The term appears most often in contexts emphasizing judicial authority or the judiciary as a class: The black robes will decide whether the law stands.
In historical contexts, black robe referred to Jesuit missionaries in North America, as Native peoples called them.
- judgeOne who decides
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- gownLong formal garment
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- priestOne who performs sacraments
clergy · religious order · cassock · vestment · graduation · academic · higher learning · doctoral gown · monk · solemn vow · last rites · ritual · solemn · justice · bench · verdict · ceremony · funeral
- religious garmentshabit, cassock, cowl, scapular, wimple
- court attirebarrister wig, court dress, jabot, bands, collarette
- legal symbolsscales of justice, gavel, Lady Justice, blindfold, sword of justice
- Bunrakupuppet, puppeteer, shamisen, narrator, chanter
- vestmentsalb, chasuble, stole, surplice, cassock
- academic regaliaacademic regalia, academic cap, academic costume, academic dress, academic gown
black robestreet clothes
Ordinary daily attire
sweatpants · casual attire · everyday wear · loungewear · shorts
black robewhite robe
Pale full-length garment
white gown · bridal gown · baptismal robe · alb · surplice
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