Sentence examples for great robes from inspiring English sources

He had these great robes.

There are three types of cīvara (i.e., tricīvara): the inner robe (Pāli, antaravāsaka), made of five strips of cloth; the outer robe (uttarāsaṅga), made of seven strips; and the great robe, or cloak (saṃghāṭi), made of nine, 15, or 25 strips.

The kathina celebration culminates in the making and presentation of the mahakathina ("great robe"), a particularly meritorious gift that requires the cooperation of a number of people who, theoretically at least, must produce it from spinning the thread to stitching the cloth in a single day and night.

Heavy robes.

The show also includes Peter the Great's robes of state, made of Venetian silk brocade and metallic thread.

"Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all," said King Lear.

And so while most of the attention at graduation will rightly focus on the lofty principles espoused by the valedictorian and salutatorian, I am just thankful that somewhere in that great mass of blue robes will be my twins.

A bit monochrome but a good size, great bed linen and robe – just as I remember from New York – and I love the wardrobe, modelled on a Louis Vuitton trunk.

Bismarck famously remarked that the statesman can only listen for God's footsteps and clutch at his robe; another great realist, Charles de Gaulle, when told he was indispensable, replied, "The graveyard is full of indispensable men".

At a drunken banquet given by Brahe, three servants dressing themselves in platters (as great collars) and tablecloths (as robes) become nobles in an instant.

Even ahorse, the Lady Nym looked graceful, dressed all in shimmering lilac robes and a great silk cape of cream and copper that lifted at every gust of wind, and made her look as if she might take flight.