raiment

Example Sentences

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The group, now with a wealthy and aristocratic membership of elite Catholics who parade in ornate raiment, has more recently specialized in aiding refugees and the poor in more than 100 countries.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2017

Mr. Martin used his classical training to clothe the band’s songs in musical raiment that was unprecedented for pop songs of the time.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2016

"The widow and the orphan, the sick and the aged, present themselves, in succession, for food, and raiment, and medical assistance," reads an appeal for contributions written in 1827.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2014

I think the Orwell worship that dominates English letters is, for the most part, a shabby raiment, but the fact remains that he writes with exemplary clarity.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2014

Then Wang Lung looked at his son standing there in his handsome raiment and he shut his eyes and drew hard on his pipe and he growled forth, “Well, and what now and what again?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck