(n) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

(s) marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite"; "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris"

(s) characterized by tact and propriety

(s) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

(v) bear the expenses of

(s) like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

(a) of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"

(s) very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity";

(n) an authoritative declaration

(n) an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding