raiment
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- IPA: /ˈɹeɪmənt/
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raiment (plural raiments)
- (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.
- For all that beauty that doth cover thee
- Is but the seemly raiment of my heart
- 1866, Swinburne, Algernon, Aholibah, lines 11-12:
- Strange raiment clad thee like a bride,
With silk to wear on hands and feet
- Strange raiment clad thee like a bride,
- 2006 December 24, Myers, PZ, “The Courtier's Reply”, Pharyngula, accessed on 2011 October 30:
- 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...
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.