habiliment
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Playwright Dorranee Davis has woven an ancient habiliment for his modern comedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old part of the town, fiercely antebellum, rested in the stillest slackwater celebration of itself, in the habiliment of azaleas cutting into shadows with a soft-winged blue, or a deepening ruby.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The fever departed, and Dr. Trefusis now in health, he walked abroad, dressed in his stolen habiliment, swinging a cane like a beau of the first fashion.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Alas! all is not well; Else, why stand I, a man, the friend of man, At midnight's depth, deck'd in this murderous guise, The habiliment of death, the badge of dire, Necessitous coercion.
From André by Montrose Jonas Moses
This most silly and unmeaning habiliment possesses neither dignity nor beauty to entitle it to public favour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
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