- Formal - Official (dress) - Real income (anag) - Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual;
according to the forms of established rites. - Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense
ceremonious is now preferred.] - A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or
established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the
courts of princes; outward form. - The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic
church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on
solemn occasions.
- A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather
open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress
in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
- Hairpiece - Have the odd whinge about judge’s hairpiece - Owning every other toupee - Rug - Scold severely (inf) - Toupee - A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or
united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth,
or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of
natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a
part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in
England by judges and barristers.