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Meanings of white raiment in English

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Usage of white raiment in English
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Forthwith both began to babble about a young man in a white raiment.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story
2
The second party of the three was a lady clad all in white raiment.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
3
This raiment is called white raiment, signifying their clean and innocent state in heaven.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
4
Rosannah stood there, in her filmy white raiment, fanning her flushed and heated face, waiting.
Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories
5
He was on his feet now, an imposing figure, in loose white raiment and purple choga.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
6
Why should not Sylvia be here, in soft white raiment, with flowers and a broad hat?
The House of Martha
7
Upon the snow- white bed the form of Rosa Blondelle, wrapped in pure white raiment, was laid out.
Cruel As The Grave
8
Toby, very slim and girlish in her white raiment, cocked her chin and walked out in state.
Charles Rex
9
Moreover she wept, for I saw two big tears drop upon her white raiment and I was horrified.
She and Allan
10
In the chilly white raiment of the Kingsguard, Ser Mandon Moore looked like a corpse in a shroud.
A clash of kings
11
There he was, in snow- white raiment, on the snow-white mule, with the mounted attendant and the violin as before.
In the Heart of Africa
12
It was open, but I saw no young man sitting in white raiment, nor did an angel greet me.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story
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Through his transparent body draped in white raiment I saw the Tibetan inscriptions on the back of the throne.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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Fancy some Angelic Virtue, whose white raiment is suddenly whisked over his head, showing us cloven feet and a tail!
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
15
Girls clothed like the angels in white raiment fluttered about and blessed the old streets with their fresh and rosy faces.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
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She appeared very tall, ghostlike even, in her soft, white raiment, as she moved across and drew up the sucking blind.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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White raiment across language varieties
United Kingdom
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