Thesaurus results for RAIMENT

raiment

noun

ˈrā-mənt

Definition of raiment

as in clothing

covering for the human body the prince exchanged his silken raiment for the pauper's humble homespun

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Recent Examples of raiment Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024 What spirit are you, that walks this castle in such strange raiment? —Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 Thousands of miles to the south, Inca rulers controlled as many as 37 million people, enriched by such abundance that the nobility clothed themselves in gilded raiments and decorated their homes with gold and silver ornaments. —Tom Gjelten, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019

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Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and clothing brand Skims is set to expand its reach into skincare, cosmetics and fragrance, uniting Kardashian’s fashion and beauty empire all under one imprint after acquiring Kardashian’s beauty brand Skkn by Kim.

— Rachel Burchfield, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Even the Lovells’ clothing and that of their bandmates spoke to the working-class history of country music: Everyone onstage wore matching denim shirts and pants.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025