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rai⋅ment

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

Origin:
1350–1400; ME rayment, aph. var. of arrayment. See array, -ment
rai·ment   (rā'mənt)   
n.  Clothing; garments.

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

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.

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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