Definition of: praetexta

(prē·teks′tə) noun plural ·tae (-tē)
An ordinary white toga with a purple border or stripe, worn by free-born Roman boys until they assumed the toga virilis at 14–16 years, and by girls until they were married. It was also the distinctive mark of the Roman curule magistrates, censors, state priests (when performing their functions), and emperors. [<L, lit., woven before, fringed, fem. of praetextus, pp. of praetexere]