Raiment

Quick meaning: Raiment is a noun meaning (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

Meaning

(archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

Example Sentences

Strange raiment clad thee like a bride, With silk to wear on hands and feet

For all that beauty that doth cover thee Is but the seemly raiment of my heart

We have entire schools dedicated to writing learned treatises on the beauty of the Emperor's raiment, and every major newspaper runs a section dedicated to imperial fashion.

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.

Word Forms

• raiments

Synonyms for raiment

Depending on context, synonyms include array, apparel, regalia, garb, garment, dress.

Antonyms for raiment

Common opposites include strip, disrobe, undress, discase, unclothe, uncase.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include garment, dress, apparel, array, clothe, tog.

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