Idiom
raise to the purple
Meaning
To be elevated to a very high rank.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The king decided to raise his loyal advisor to the purple.”
“After years of dedicated service to the empire, the general was finally raised to the purple.”
“Following the sudden death of the emperor, the senate debated which noble candidate should be raised to the purple to lead the nation.”
Examples
simple
“The king decided to raise his loyal advisor to the purple.”
contextual
“After years of dedicated service to the empire, the general was finally raised to the purple.”
complex
“Following the sudden death of the emperor, the senate debated which noble candidate should be raised to the purple to lead the nation.”
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