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Meanings of raiment in English

Portuguese
roupa
Spanish
galas

Especially fine or decorative clothing.

        roupa
        Portuguese
        vestir
        Catalan
        vestir-se
        Spanish
        vestir

        Provide with clothes or put clothes on.

          vestir
          Usage of raiment in English
          1
          Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
          French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
          2
          All the remainder of the raiment they indulged in was utterly indescribable.
          The Innocents Abroad
          3
          The labor of the daughter's hands provides food and raiment for both.
          Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
          4
          No change had taken place in the ordinary raiment of my friend.
          The Scalp Hunters
          5
          The naked trees were being clothed in spring raiment, fresh and green.
          Their Yesterdays
          6
          Keep your old raiment long enough and it will be in style.
          Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
          7
          And he clothed me in a mantle and a doublet for raiment.
          The Odyssey of Homer
          8
          They say the raiment never makes the man; 'tis a half-truth only.
          The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
          9
          Over them hangs a cool young curate in his raiment of office.
          The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
          10
          Never had he seen so much gorgeous raiment in one space before.
          The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Ha...
          11
          Beware that ye divest not yourselves of the raiment of Divine guidance.
          Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
          12
          But the man was superior to these accidents of flesh and raiment.
          New Grub Street
          13
          Articles of raiment found on a body are legal evidence of identity.
          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
          14
          Chulk and Taglat were, at first, greatly interested in their wonderful raiment.
          Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
          15
          AGMAR We shall need fine raiment, let the thief start at once.
          Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany
          16
          They opened, and a man entered clad in raiment stained with travel.
          The World's Desire
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