arrayingn.
/əˈreɪɪŋ/ Putting or setting in array, dressing or decking; also (archaic), dress, attire.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of
fayingc1230
arrayingc1340
anorninga1382
orninga1382
adornmentc1405
garnishing1463
adorning1495
ornamenta1513
ourningc1540
furniture1548
gracing1588
adorn1590
outsetc1590
furnishing1594
adornation1597
bedecking1598
busking1628
ornamenting1718
engrailing1753
figurement1879
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 28 All þe payntynge and þe arraynge þat þou haue made aboute his heuede.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) x. iii. 374 Eche element hath his arayenge and ornament.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 99 Ȝor feet to be shod in arayng of þe gospel of pees.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 32 Who prefers at her bridal a brown rosary To a worldly arraying.
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