noun
raiment
Raiment (noun) means (literary) Clothes; the clothing a person wears.
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(literary) Clothes; the clothing a person wears.
"Whatever the reason for her old-fashioned appearance, certainly the mocking critics who are “making fun” of her dowdy clothes are only proving that their manners are inferior to their raiment."
— Helen Decle, What’s What (1920)
"Many men, women and children, clothed in bright raiment for the Sabbath, saw with a faint flicker of interest and surprise a very white man on a trishaw, and the driver pedalling with unseemly haste."
— Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy) (1958)
"They were clad in warm raiment and heavy cloaks, and over all the Lady Éowyn wore a great blue mantle of the colour of deep summer-night, and it was set with silver stars about hem and throat."
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings) (1955)
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Etymology
An aphetised form of Middle English arayment, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”); see array.
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Rhymes for raiment
pediment
regiment
sediment
condiment
detriment
sentiment
merriment
compliment
experiment
embodiment
impediment
accompaniment
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of raiment?
"raiment" (noun) means (literary) Clothes; the clothing a person wears.
What is another word for raiment?
Other words for "raiment" include regalia, array.
What is the opposite of raiment?
Opposites of "raiment" include nudity, nakedness.
