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ha·bil·i·ment (hə-bĭĺə-mənt)

[Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement, from habiller, to clothe, alteration (influenced by habit, clothing), of abiller, to prepare, strip a tree of its branches, a-, toward (from Latin ad-; see ad–), + bille, log; see billet2.]

noun 

    1. The special dress or garb associated with an occasion or office. Often used in the plural: “shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave” (Edgar Allan Poe)
    2. Clothes.
  2. Characteristic furnishings or equipment; trappings: surrounded by the habiliments of the television news industry.