0 a long, loose piece of clothing, often something that is worn for ceremonies or special occasions -- toga, szata, sutanna, szlafrok
There was the splendour of robes, lawn sleeves, wigs, and diamonds.
With the exception of cassocks, ecclesiastical robes and vestments are not rationed.
They do not impress people in the same way, and they do not sit in the same kind of robes.
If those arguments are important, then robes would probably be sufficient.
In fact some of them now refuse even to wear robes or anything of that kind.
However, there remains the question of what "robes" really means and what is the definition of episcopal dress.
I do not believe that we have a sense of changing our personality, character or concern by putting our robes on and taking them off.
In any event, it is not as if this proposal involves the permanent abandonment of the robes in question.
