black-robed

However, if the stigma and the stereotype are allowed to blindly thrive too long, they may indeed start to feel alienated in a society where they are looked upon as mysterious black-robed creatures, to be pitied and handled with care.

Global Voices in English » In France, Sudan, Burqas and Trousers Cause Controversy 2009

What did these blank-faced, black-robed benchwarmers think?

Judges With Temperaments Joanne Kaufman 2011

Even now, I could see the monks gathering, whispering and plotting, sending out the black-robed temple guards to drag me to that dark pit gaping in the very center of their twisted, cyclopean temple.

Archive 2010-04-01 Big Jim 2010

It's become easier for judges to stand out from the black-robed crowd thanks to the blogs and other sites that link to humorous rulings, including Mr. McClurg's own lawhaha.com.

Court Jesting: These Sentences Don't Get Judged Too Harshly Nathan Koppel 2011

The crowd, at times numbering more than 100,000, was a colorful, sometimes incongruous cross section of Iranian society: dissident students in jeans; women shrouded in the black chador, the traditional head-to-foot veil; peasants and merchants; and most important the bearded, black-robed Muslim mullahs, the religious leaders of the Shi'ite branch of Islam.

Iran Uprising Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

Its military chief fought in Afghanistan and Algeria, and a fair percentage of the clusters of black-robed women on its shopping streets wear the niqab, or face veil.

Among Libya's Liberals Ann Marlowe 2011

Tall, black-robed young women walked up and down the aisles holding out boxes of Kleenex just as Catholics pass the offertory plate during mass.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

With her oval face and hooded abaya, she looked like a black-robed madonna.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

Mr. Makuakane, who plays a black-robed priest, later heard that an elderly couple stood up and left during the dance during his most recent performance of the piece in Honolulu in February.

Aloha, Lady Gaga: A New Wave of Hula Gains Sway on the Mainland Julia Flynn Siler 2011

It's become easier for judges to stand out from the black-robed crowd thanks to the blogs and other sites that link to humorous rulings, including Mr. McClurg's own lawhaha.com.

Court Jesting: These Sentences Don't Get Judged Too Harshly Nathan Koppel 2011