ALL meanings of banded purple
band·ed pur·ple
B b - noun banded purple any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone. 1
- noun banded purple cloth or clothing of this hue, especially as formerly worn distinctively by persons of imperial, royal, or other high rank. 1
- noun banded purple the rank or office of a cardinal. 1
- noun banded purple the office of a bishop. 1
- noun banded purple imperial, regal, or princely rank or position. 1
- noun banded purple deep red; crimson. 1
- noun banded purple any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Basilarchia astyanax (red-spotted purple) having blackish wings spotted with red, or Basilarchia arthemis (banded purple or white admiral) having brown wings banded with white. 1
- adjective banded purple of the color purple. 1
- adjective banded purple imperial, regal, or princely. 1
- adjective banded purple brilliant or showy. 1
- adjective banded purple full of exaggerated literary devices and effects; marked by excessively ornate rhetoric: a purple passage in a novel. 1
- adjective banded purple profane or shocking, as language. 1
- adjective banded purple relating to or noting political or ideological diversity: purple politics; ideologically purple areas of the country. 1
- idioms banded purple born in / to the purple, of royal or exalted birth: Those born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye. 1