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

Such is a habit that devours a lion’s share of the English laborer’s earnings, and leaves Food, Raiment, and Housing to shift for themselves. 

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

The sleeves of her divine Raiment the breezes fill.

From A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China by Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot)

Food and Raiment sufficient, though in the greatest Simplicity, is accepted with Content and Gratitude.

From John Woolman's Journal by Woolman, John