raiment
Example Sentences
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It was a secular raiment for a voice of moral authority.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022
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
"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
The last time Taran had seen him, Gwydion wore the raiment of a prince of the royal House of Don.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
