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# habiliment

noun (a habiliment, habiliments — formal, old)

«habiliment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old, formal, often plural) Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#m1)

### In the lessons

A very rare word found in old books, often for a joke because it sounds grand. In The Wind in the Willows Toad escapes from prison in the washerwoman's dress, and the old-fashioned words make his disguise sound funny.

### Examples

- The knight put on his habiliments for battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x1)
- The actor wore the habiliments of a king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x2)
- Toad dressed in the washerwoman's habiliments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x3)
- «What strange habiliments!» laughed the Rat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x4)
- The priest's habiliments were white and gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x5)
- The old book described the lady's fine habiliments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/#x6)

### Note

Very formal and old-fashioned; in everyday English say «clothes». Usually plural. Say «ha-BIL-i-ment».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «habiliment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habiliment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«habiliment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/habiliment.html) on Mova free.