raiment

noun (raiment, uncountable)

«raiment» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(old, Bible) Clothing, especially fine clothes. tree →

In the lessons

An old word in the Bible and old poems and stories. In the King James Bible: «Take no thought for your life... nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?» Today say «clothes».

Examples

The king was dressed in fine raiment. tree →
(Bible) His raiment was white as snow. tree →
The angels shone in bright raiment. tree →
Rich raiment hung in the queen's wardrobe. tree →
(Bible) Is not the body more than raiment? tree →
They wore raiment of silk and gold. tree →
Then Ivan immediately put on his princely raiment, and went out of the house. tree →

Note

Old word; everyday word: clothes. Uncountable.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it means clothes, which a husband must provide for his wife and which God kept from wearing out in the wilderness.

Interpretation. The law that a husband must not reduce his wife's food, clothing and conjugal rights is read as a basis of marriage duties. The unworn clothes in the wilderness are read as a sign of God's care.

Examples

And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917) tree →
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (Torah DEU.8.4, JPS 1917) tree →
If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish. (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Writings JOB.27.16, JPS 1917) tree →
All glorious is the king's daughter within the palace; her raiment is of chequer work inwrought with gold. (Writings PSA.45.14, JPS 1917) tree →
And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh. (Prophets JDG.3.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Old word; everyday word: clothes. Uncountable.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Clothes, especially fine or grand clothes. tree →

Then and now

Old-fashioned; today we say clothes or clothing, and "raiment" is found mainly in old or Bible language.

Examples

And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917) tree →
Then I mourned him in black raiment for forty days. (The Brown Fairy Book) tree →
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (Torah DEU.8.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: clothing, clothes.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «raiment» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«raiment» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «raiment» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«raiment» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «raiment» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«raiment» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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