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rai⋅ment
[rey-muh
nt] 
–noun
| clothing; apparel; attire. |
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| rai·ment (rā'mənt) n. Clothing; garments. [Middle English, short for araiment, from Old French areement, array, from areer, arrayer, to array; see array.] |
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Raiment
Rai"ment\, n. [Abbrev. fr. arraiment. See Array.]1. Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense. Living, both food and raiment she supplies. --Dryden. 2. An article of dress. [R. or Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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