habiliment

[ huh-bil-uh-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. Usually habiliments.

    • clothes or clothing.

    • clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.

  2. habiliments, accouterments or trappings.

Origin of habiliment

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (h)abylement<Middle French habillement, equivalent to habill(er), abill(ier) to trim a log, hence, dress, prepare (<Vulgar Latin *adbiliare;see a-5, billet2) + -ment-ment

Other words from habiliment

  • ha·bil·i·men·tal [huh-bil-uh-men-tl], /həˌbɪl əˈmɛn tl/, ha·bil·i·men·ta·ry, adjective
  • ha·bil·i·ment·ed, adjective

Words Nearby habiliment

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How to use habiliment in a sentence

  • She even wished to refuse him:—but Beech Park, the equipage, the servants, the bridal habiliment.

    Camilla | Fanny Burney
  • I might here—if it so pleased me—dilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.

  • Do you imagine,” cried his uncle, laying his hand gently on the reverend habiliment, “that this grows?

    Nature and Art | Mrs. Inchbald
  • They wear a veil, or mantle rather, of black stuff or silk, which head habiliment had been introduced by the Spaniards.

    The Eve of All-Hallows, v. 2 of 3 | Matthew Weld Hartstonge
  • This most silly and unmeaning habiliment possesses neither dignity nor beauty to entitle it to public favour.

British Dictionary definitions for habiliment

habiliment

/ (həˈbɪlɪmənt) /


noun
  1. (often plural) dress or attire

Origin of habiliment

1
C15: from Old French habillement, from habiller to dress, from bille log; see billet ²

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