Definition

1. Noun:

   • Clothing, garments, especially fine or decorative attire: "Raiment" refers to clothing, often with a poetic or formal connotation, suggesting garments that are particularly fine, elaborate, or decorative.

2. Verb (archaic):

   • To clothe, to provide with clothing: "Raiment" as a verb means to dress someone or to provide them with clothes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The queen was dressed in splendid raiment for the coronation.
  • In the old tale, the princess's raiment was woven from moonlight and spider silk.

• Verb:

  • It is a parent's duty to feed and raiment their child. (This usage is now rare and poetic.)

Advanced Usage

• "Raiment" is primarily used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts. In modern everyday English, "clothing," "attire," or "garments" are more common.
  • The poet described the forest in its autumn raiment of gold and crimson.

Variants and Related Words

• Raimented (adj., archaic): Clothed.
  • The knights were richly raimented for the feast.

Synonyms

• Noun: Attire, apparel, garments, vestments, finery, garb.
• Verb: Clothe, attire, dress, garb, apparel.

Antonyms

• Verb: Disrobe, undress, strip.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• While "raiment" itself is not commonly found in modern idioms, it appears in fixed literary phrases.
  • "Rags to raiment": A poetic variation of "rags to riches," implying a transformation from poverty to fine clothing and wealth.

Noun

1. especially fine or decorative clothing

Verb

1. provide with clothes or put clothes on
   • Parents must feed and dress their child