raiment

[ rey-muh nt ]

/ ˈreɪ mənt /

clothing; apparel; attire.

Origin of raiment

1350–1400; Middle English rayment, aphetic variant of arrayment. See array, -ment

It meant a flutter of raiment, a deliberation of readjustment, a kind of superb, massive dislocation.

The Adventures of a Widow |Edgar Fawcett
Yea I am the thrall of Sorrow; she hath stripped my raiment off And laid sore stripes upon me with many a bitter scoff.

The House of the Wolfings |William Morris
Most people want food and roof and raiment—books and pictures, luxury and leisure.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Take this brave fellow up there and find him a change of raiment.

Love-at-Arms |Raphael Sabatini

But as her eyes swept the silken splendor of the raiment her merriment changed to wonder and then to fear.

Red-Robin |Jane Abbott

raiment

/ (ˈreɪmənt) /

archaic, or poetic attire; clothing; garments

C15: shortened from arrayment, from Old French areement; see array