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The purple Moderate

The purple has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

"he was born to the purple"

2

(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nobility ecclesiastical attire
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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