Definitions for stola

stola sto·la

Spelling: [stoh-luh]
IPA: /ˈstoʊ lə/

Stola is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in stola (alost).

Definitions for stola

noun

  1. a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.

Origin of stola

1720-30; Latin Greek stolḗ; see stole2

Examples for stola

Stick to your stola, bishop,” was the Plantagenet-like answer, “and leave me my Lola.

Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.

The stola was a loose garment, gathered in and girdled at the waist with a deep flounce extending to the feet.

In such case, it took the name of stola, and descended to their feet.

Courtezans, and women condemned for adultery, were not permitted to wear the stola—hence called togat.

Time was when I should have given them to Ilia as a border for her stola.

Of a more interesting type is Fannia, who might, minus her slaves and stola, pass for a modern and saucy New York beauty.

The tunic was of that pale shining gold which the ancients described by the word hyaline; the stola was of saffron colour.

The stola is said to have been a more ample and ornamented sort of tunic.

The palla was a kind of cloak worn out of doors over the stola.

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