- A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy
before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the
completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage.
It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
- Mixture of blue and red - Type of colour - A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a
combination of the primary colors red and blue. - Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color;
especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority;
specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the
emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. - Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor;
loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. - A cardinalate. See Cardinal. - Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with
purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the
banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.