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raiment

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rai⋅ment

  [rey-muhnt]
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–noun
clothing; apparel; attire.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME rayment, aph. var. of arrayment. See array, -ment
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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 
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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