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apparel

/əˈpær.əl/noun

Definition

Clothing, garments, or attire, especially of a fine or distinctive quality.

Modern Equivalent

clothing / attire / garments

Usage Notes

Used for both everyday and ceremonial clothing. Angels at the tomb appear in 'shining apparel.' James warns against favoring those in 'goodly apparel.'

Example Verse

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
James 2:2