raiment

rai·ment (r

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Clothing; garments.

[Middle English, short for araiment, from Old French areement, array, from areer, arrayer, to array; see array.]

raiment [ˈreɪmənt]

(Clothing & Fashion) Archaic or poetic attire; clothing; garments

[shortened from arrayment, from Old French areement; see array]

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Noun	1.	raiment - especially fine or decorative clothing regalia, array article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body war paint - full ceremonial regalia
Verb	1.	raiment - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress prim out, prim up, prim - dress primly dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" wrap up, cover - clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed" frock - put a frock on shirt - put a shirt on habit - put a habit on vesture - provide or cover with a cloak overclothe, overdress - dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot" underdress - dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia" corset - dress with a corset shoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed" coat - cover or provide with a coat costume, dress up - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" robe, vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes gown - dress in a gown change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

Translations

raiment [ˈreɪmənt] N (= liter) → vestido m, vestimenta f

raiment

n (liter) → Gewand nt (liter)

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apparel
Arraiment
array
article of clothing
clothing
dress
Enclothe
garb
garment
get dressed
habilitate
overclothe
overdress
panoply
prim out
prim up
queenlike
rig-out
underdress

Here, Robin, change your raiment with me, and we will see if my lord knows an old woman when he sees her.

Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context

Why, you had scarce gone ere this loathly John came running back again, and, when I oped mouth to reproach him, he asked me whether it was indeed likely that a man of prayer would leave his own godly raiment in order to take a layman's jerkin.

The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

They seemed clad in the skins of beasts, so torn and bepatched the raiment that had survived nearly four years of cruising.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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