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Definition of Raiments
1. raiment [n] - See also: raiment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raiments
Literary usage of Raiments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in the Mountain Instruction by George Dana Boardman (1881)
"Strange as it may seem to us, their treasures consisted largely in costly raiments.
And yet th's ought not to seem so strange when we remember the immense ..."
2. Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew: Delivered in the Parish Church of St by Beilby Porteus (1803)
"... were probably clothed in raiments of ... by St. John as clothed in white
raiments* ; and by St. Matthew, ..."
3. Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew: Delivered in the Parish Church of St by Beilby Porteus (1803)
"Like him they were probably clothed in raiments of ... John as clothed in white
raiments'* ; and by St. Matthew, ..."
4. Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew ...: Delivered in the Parish Church of by Beilby Porteus (1829)
"Like him, they were probably clothed in raiments of unusual whiteness and
splendour ; and the fashion of their countenances might also be changed to ..."
5. The Kingdom (Basileia): An Exegetical Study by George Dana Boardman (1899)
"Strange as it may seem to us, their treasures consisted largely in costly raiments.
Yet this ought not to seem strange when we remember the immense cost ..."
6. Recollections of Paris by Denis Bingham (1896)
"... its measures are bad, the Ministers are idiots, their mistresses are old and
ugly; either their raiments are covered with gold—and the celebrated ..."
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