Definition: raiment

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

raiment
     n : especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array, finery,
          regalia]
     v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
         and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
          garb, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel]
         [ant: undress]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Raiment \Rai"ment\, n. [Abbrev. fr. arraiment. See Array.]
   1. Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually
      singular in form, with a collective sense.

            Living, both food and raiment she supplies.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. An article of dress. [R. or Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.