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Raiment

[rey-muhnt] Example Sentences Origin

rai·ment

[rey-muhnt]
noun
clothing; apparel; attire.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English rayment, aphetic variant of arrayment. See array, -ment
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Example Sentences
  • But there are many more wearable versions with a suitably vintage air to dress up holiday raiment.
  • Prizes will also be given to riders and horses decked out in noteworthy raiment.
  • Her first appearance in feminine raiment is accomplished in an artful manner.
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raiment (ˈreɪmənt)
 
n
archaic, poetic or attire; clothing; garments
 
[C15: shortened from arrayment, from Old French areement; see array]

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raiment
c.1440, shortening of arayment "clothing," from Anglo-Fr. araiement, from O.Fr. areement, from areer "to array" (see array).
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