1 a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony:
coronation robes * cardinals in scarlet robes
2 = BATHROBE
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] (formal) to dress sb/yourself in long loose clothes or in the way mentioned:
a robed choir * The priests were robed in black.
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