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Meanings of court dress in English

Russian
прокурорская мантия
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Style of clothes prescribed for courts of law.

прокурорская мантия
Spanish
traje cortesano
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Formal style of costume, generally heavily regulated, acceptable for wear at specific events at a royal court.

traje cortesano
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Extremely formal woman's dress conforming to the regulations for attendance on or presentation to a monarch.

Synonyms
Examples for "court habit"
Examples for "court habit"
1
His compatriot Jimmy "Jimbo" Connors was an emotional showman, an entertainer of a kind, who developed an on- court habit of playing with his crotch.
The Irish Times
2
Of the courting habits of fish I have scanty knowledge.
Here are Ladies
Usage of court dress in English
1
In a cluster of ladies in court dress, the Englishman recognized Bernardino.
The Land of the Changing Sun
2
Every one was in uniform or in what corresponded to court dress.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
3
He came at nine, in full court dress, and kissed her hand.
Queen Victoria
4
He is in court dress and wears the Order of St.
Three Comedies
5
He was dressed in what was known as his court dress.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
6
So take the court dress and everything necessary for a gentleman.
A Conspiracy of the Carbonari
7
Of course; what should he do with a sword in his court dress?
In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid
8
Her groom goes and sits for his portrait in her father's court dress!
The Marquis of Lossie
9
They were dressed in the ornate court dress of the Western Empire, he saw.
Millennium
10
The court dress necessary to presentation, the wig and gown necessary to the barrister.
The Masquerader
11
At the village exorcisms he donned court dress, and stood on the eastern steps.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
12
At the new moon he always put on court dress and went to court.
The Sayings of Confucius
13
I have a court dress for days of ceremony and people of ceremony, nevertheless.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
14
Soon after, tie wigs, instead of being an undress, became the high court dress.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,...
15
I see Madame in full court dress-herdark green silk.
The Oracle Glass
16
To left and right, in full court dress, were the members of the Sacred Consistory.
Julian