habiliment

What one wears

Habiliment is a formal or literary word for clothing or attire, typically used in the plural: the habiliments of a priest, dressed in the habiliments of war.

The word suggests characteristic dress associated with a particular role, profession, or occasion rather than ordinary everyday clothing.

apparel

attire

Personal garments collectively

garb · ensemble · costume · robe · gown · frock · tunic · cloak · mantle · doublet

ceremonial

regalia

Ceremonial emblems of authority

  • vestmentCeremonial religious garment
  • robeLong loose outer garment
  • gownLong formal garment

sash · stole · cope · chasuble · cassock · surplice · mitre · coronation · investiture · liturgical

military

uniform

Identical throughout

camouflage · insignia · epaulette · braid · chevron · livery · tunic · dress blues · medals · rank

style

sartorial

Concerning clothes and tailoring

elegance · finery · dapper · fashioned · fitted · draped · embroidered · ornamented · trimmed · adorned

historical

doublet

Fitted Renaissance jacket

ruff · farthingale · bustle · crinoline · pannier · stomacher · wimple · coif · kirtle · surcoat

Opposites
clothed state

habilimentnakedness

Unclothed condition

nudity · bareness · undress · disrobement · dishabille

formality of dress

habilimentrags

Torn cloth pieces

tatters · undress · dishabille · déshabillé · plainclothes

Family

habiliments

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G