raiment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of raiment
1350–1400; Middle English rayment, aphetic variant of arrayment. See array, -ment
Example Sentences
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Among the cosmic images are old friends to astronomers both amateur and professional, who now get to see them in new infrared raiments.
From New York Times
Among them are old friends to astronomers both amateur and professional, who now get to see them in new infrared raiments.
From New York Times
It was a secular raiment for a voice of moral authority.
From Washington Post
“Ah, the governess!” he repeated; “deuce take me, if I had not forgotten! The governess!” and again my raiment underwent scrutiny.
From Literature
That’s how they dressed offstage, too, a little less flashy, perhaps, but garbed in Jazz Age raiment.
From Washington Post
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