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Raiment is a chiefly literary word for clothing or garments, often used in classical contexts or with a touch of formality. Learn its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Raiment is an old-fashioned word for clothes, often used in religious or literary contexts. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, examples and translations of raiment from Cambridge Dictionary.
Raiment definition: clothing; apparel; attire.. See examples of RAIMENT used in a sentence.
Raiment is formal clothing. It comes from the Old French word areer or "to array," which describes dressing in decorative clothing, or adorning yourself in the very best. The word raiment has mostly gone out of use, much like the rare practice of getting very dressed up.
For a pursuit decked out in the stiff raiment of virtue, clubbing is extraordinarily enabling of vice. From Slate Magazine. In spite of our faith, our sense of loss and loneliness is best expressed in sad raiment and abstinence from pleasures. From Project Gutenberg.
Raiment is an archaic or poetic word for clothing or attire. Learn how to use it in sentences, its word origin and frequency, and its synonyms and collocations.
rai·ment. (rā′mənt) n. Clothing; garments. [Middle English, short for araiment, from Old French areement, array, from areer, arrayer, to array; see array .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
