noun
                                                a purple color or pigment
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                                                noun
                                                (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
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                                                                                                                                                                        the purple
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
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                                                                                                        - he was born to the purple
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal
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                                                                                                                                                                        the purple
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
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                                                                                                        - so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                color purple
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                                                adjective
                                                of a color intermediate between red and blue
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                                                adjective
                                                excessively elaborate or showily expressed
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                                                                                                        - a writer of empurpled literature
- many purple passages
- an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
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                                                                                                        - golden age of imperial splendor
- purple tyrant
- regal attire
- treated with royal acclaim
- the royal carriage of a stag's head