"raiment" meaning in English

See raiment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹeɪ.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-raiment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: raiments [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmənt Etymology: Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arayment}} Middle English arayment, {{der|en|xno|arraiement}} Anglo-Norman arraiement, {{der|en|fro|areement}} Old French areement, {{m|fro|areer|t=to array}} areer (“to array”), {{m|en|array}} array Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} raiment (countable and uncountable, plural raiments)
  1. (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material. Wikipedia link: raiment Tags: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations ((archaic) clothing): ἐσθής (esthḗs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), libas (Azerbaijani), одеяние (odejanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), asu (Finnish), vestītus [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-raiment-en-noun-Gckk0Yne Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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