parament

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UK/ˈpaɹəmənt/

noun

A type of elaborate robe especially as worn by someone in power or a religious official.

OriginAnglo-Norman parement ← Middle French parement ← Medieval Latin parāmentum →
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Meanings

nounparament (plural paraments)

plural paraments

  1. historicalA type of elaborate robe especially as worn by someone in power or a religious official.
  2. A liturgical hanging on and around the altar, as well as the cloth hanging from the pulpit and lectern.
  3. A hanging or ornament of a room of state.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinparāmentum
  2. Middle Frenchparement
  3. Anglo-Normanparement
  4. Englishparament

From Anglo-Norman parement, Middle French parement, from Medieval Latin parāmentum, from parō (“adorn”) + -mentum.

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Translations

Dutch parament
  • paramentliturgical cloth
French parement
  • parementliturgical cloth
German Parament, Parament
  • Paramentrobe
  • Paramentliturgical cloth
  • Paramenthanging or ornament of a room of state

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

parament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parament

MLA

“parament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parament. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parament,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parament.

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