Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Clothing; garments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That in which one is arrayed or clad; clothing; vesture; formerly sometimes, in the plural, garments.
- noun Synonyms Clothes, dress, attire, habiliments, garb, costume, array. These words are all in current use, while raiment and vesture have a poetic or antique sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.
- noun R. or Obs. An article of dress.
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- noun archaic or literary
Clothing ,garments ,dress ,material .
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- noun especially fine or decorative clothing
- verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The clerical staff will not disport themselves in raiment of bright colors, nor will they wear hose unless in good repair. colors?
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The clerical staff will not disport themselves in raiment of bright colors, nor will they wear hose unless in good repair.
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Then he repaired to a blacksmith, after stripping her and her damsels of their silken apparel and clothing them in raiment of hair-cloth, and bade him make three pairs of iron shackles.
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So he carried him to his place and clad his daughter in raiment, such as added to her beauty and loveliness.
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But, as the sun's "glorious raiment" is replaced by the merely reflective light of a "bright cloud," the "mild beam" of human sympathy gives way before the questionable lustre of the miser's gold (which signifies, in Visions 'imperialist context, the stolen wealth comprising the so-called commonwealth).
Gender, Environment, and Imperialism in William Blake's _Visions of the Daughters of Albion_ 2001
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When Christ has need of us, His messenger will appear; he is clothed in raiment white as snow, and although his voice is always gentle, it is clearly heard in the rush and roar of the tempest as on a summer's day.
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Robed in raiment of beauty, diaphanous gear of Benares.
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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Some for the words -- in raiment of needlework -- propose another rendering, "on variegated (or embroidered) cloths" -- that is, in the manner of the East, richly wrought tapestry was spread on the ground, on which the bride walked.
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The misery of the times had reduced the nobles and matrons of Rome to accept, without a blush, the benevolence of the church: three thousand virgins received their food and raiment from the hand of their benefactor; and many bishops of Italy escaped from the Barbarians to the hospitable threshold of the Vatican.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
itsina commented on the word raiment
Balthier: "Ah, the prison depository of wrested relics and raiments."
Vaan: "So our stuff is in here?"
Balthier: "That's what I said."
- Final Fantasy XII
January 25, 2009
bilby commented on the word raiment
"As soon as it was dawn Telemachus rose from his bed. He put on his raiment, bound his sandals on his feet, hung his sharp sword across his shoulder, and took in his hand a spear of bronze."
- Padraic Colum, 'The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy'.
September 19, 2009
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word raiment
Raiment is well used in Chapter XXII of "The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.
March 3, 2015
sarahm62 commented on the word raiment
I initially "ran into" this word raiment when reading Bible scripture and loved it so now I will be using it more often as it's so much more interesting & poetic than simply saying "clothes"!
January 18, 2022