Meaning & use
raiment
Clothing or garments, especially fine or elaborate ones, described in an old-fashioned or literary way.
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The queen appeared before the court in raiment embroidered with gold thread.
The old poem describes angels dressed in raiment as white as freshly fallen snow.
A note on using this word
Raiment is archaic and appears mainly in poetry, older literature, and biblical translations rather than in modern everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
attiregarbvestments
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