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Vinony

habiliment

noun

  1. (in plural) characteristic apparatus: trappings
  2. the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion —usually used in plural
  3. clothes —usually used in plural
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Pronunciation: /həˈbɪlɪmənt/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement (“clothes”).

  1. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion.

    “Forth came that auncient Lord and aged Queene, / Arayd in antique robes downe to the ground, / And sad habiliments right well beseene; / A noble crew about them waited round / Of sage and sober Peres, all gravely gownd; / Whom farre before did march a goodly band / Of tall young men,° all hable armes to sownd, / But now they laurell braunches bore in hand; / Glad signe of victorie and peace in all their land.”

    “She / In th' habiliments of the goddess Isis / That day appeared, and oft before gave audience […]”

  2. Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.