raiment

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And can we not dress him instead in Raiment of Silk, and teach him to dance the Minuet—and, the dance over, bid him bow and be GONE?

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Raiment was now discarded by every Dankáli, and the work commenced in right earnest, but difficult and laborious indeed was the task before them.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

Raiment and food enough for me from the King of fair fame, And I to be sitting for a while praying God in every place.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various

Little by little the proper balance between the Four Great Powers of human necessity,—Food, Drink, Raiment and Housing, so long disturbed by this habit, is being restored. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

Raiment, contracted from arrayment, is never written with the y.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold