Definition

Noun: 1. A formal gown worn as part of official academic dress: A long, loose-fitting garment, typically black, worn by students and faculty during graduation ceremonies and other formal academic events. It is also worn by judges and legal professionals in some jurisdictions.

Usage

The term "academic robe" specifically refers to the ceremonial gown. It is a formal and traditional item of clothing. * The graduates lined up to receive their diplomas, all wearing identical academic robes. * The professor's academic robe was adorned with velvet panels indicating her doctoral degree. * The ceremony requires all participants to wear the appropriate academic robe.

Advanced Usage

• "Cap and gown": This common phrase refers to the complete academic regalia, where "gown" is synonymous with "academic robe."
  • After the ceremony, the students threw their caps in the air but kept their academic robes on for photographs.

Variants and Related Words

• Gown: A more general term for a long, formal dress or robe, which includes an academic robe.
• Regalia: The complete ceremonial attire, which includes the academic robe, hood, and cap (mortarboard).
• Mortarboard: The flat, square academic cap worn with the robe.

Synonyms

• Graduation gown
• Academic gown
• Scholar's robe

Related Phrases

• To don the robe: To put on the academic robe, often symbolically marking the start of a ceremony or the acceptance of a role.
  • The new graduates proudly donned their robes for the commencement.
• Robe of office: A similar ceremonial garment worn to signify a specific position, such as a judge's robe.
  • The judge's robe of office is similar in style to an academic robe.

Noun

1. a gown worn by academics or judges