a plain, black dickey worn with a clerical collar by some clergymen
Origin of rabat
MFr, rabat, origin, originally (collar) turned down from Old French rabattre: see rebaterabat
Ra·batRabat
capital of Morocco, in the NW part, on the Atlantic
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rabat
noun
A piece of cloth fitted to the collar and covering the shirt front, worn chiefly by Roman Catholic and Anglican clergy.
Origin of rabat
French from Old French; see rebato .Rabat
The capital of Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Casablanca. Founded in the 1100s on the site of an earlier Muslim fortress, it is a minor port and has textile industries.x
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Noun
(plural rabats)
Proper noun
- The capital of Morocco.
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