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  • noun Plural form of stola.

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Examples

  • As it suited our purpose to avoid the public streets, we strolled through the more unfrequented parts of the city, and just at dusk we met two women in stolas, in a lonely spot, and they were by no means homely.

    Satyricon 2007

  • In the old days, the married women, in their stolas, climbed the hill in their bare feet, pure in heart, and with their hair unbound, and prayed to Jupiter for rain!

    Satyricon 2007

  • Connie asked, peering toward Margo, who had discovered the Roman stolas with their richly embroidered hems.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

  • Women in elegant stolas chatted animatedly in groups, comparing jewelry, embroidered borders, and elegant coiffeurs.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

  • As it suited our purpose to avoid the public streets, we strolled through the more unfrequented parts of the city, and just at dusk we met two women in stolas, in a lonely spot, and they were by no means homely.

    The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • In the old days, the married women, in their stolas, climbed the hill in their bare feet, pure in heart, and with their hair unbound, and prayed to Jupiter for rain!

    The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • As it suited our purpose to avoid the public streets, we strolled through the more unfrequented parts of the city, and just at dusk we met two women in stolas, in a lonely spot, and they were by no means homely.

    The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • In the old days, the married women, in their stolas, climbed the hill in their bare feet, pure in heart, and with their hair unbound, and prayed to Jupiter for rain!

    The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

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