arrayed

7.2

Dressed in fine clothes for a ceremony or formal event

adjective
/əˈreɪd/

Formal

: ataviado

At the wedding, the bride was beautifully arrayed in a flowing white gown.

Examples

Never, they say, has any king been so finely arrayed as ours.
Many a sea ship, fine arrayed, swept toward the high walled city.
The soldiers were arrayed in their ceremonial uniforms for the parade.
The ancient temple was arrayed with colorful banners and flowers for the festival.

Synonyms

attired

vsarrayed

Formal

1 5.4

Wearing special or formal clothes

emphasizes ceremonial or specially impressive dress or equipment

gowned

vsarrayed

Formal

1 4.5

Wearing a long loose piece of clothing used in hospitals or formal events

is the general ceremonial or impressive dressing or decoration

costumed

vsarrayed

1 4.1

Wearing special clothes to act as someone else or to look like people from another time

applies more to ceremonial or impressive dress than theatrical outfit

vestmented

vsarrayed

9.9

Wearing special clothes for a ceremony, especially church robes

is about dressed or decorated especially for ceremony or impressive display

panoplied

vsarrayed

Literature

9.9

Wearing full armor from head to toe

is focused on ceremonial or impressive dress rather than mere equipment

dighted

vsarrayed

Archaic

9.9

Dressed or decorated for a special event

is modern mainstream word for ceremonial or impressive clothing or decoration

appareled

vsarrayed

Literature

8.2

To be dressed in fine or special clothes

is more about ceremonial or showy dressing rather than general fine clothing

garmented

vsarrayed

Archaic

9.0

Wearing fine clothes for a special event

leans toward ceremony or impressive display rather than plain clothing

adorned

vsarrayed

3.9

A thing with decorations like jewels or banners to make it look more beautiful

refers especially to being dressed or decorated for ceremony or show

Antonyms

plain

208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

undressed

NSFW

1.9

A person who is not wearing any clothes

How Decorated

resplendent

11 7.9

arrayed

Formal

7.2

decorated

2.7

dressed

1 1.0

plain

50 2.5

Surface Forms

arrayed positive

Morphology

arrayed = array (transparent) = array + ed

The adjective is the regular past-participle/adjectival use of the verb 'array' meaning 'dress/arrange', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word arrayed comes from the same root as array and arrange, which used to mean 'to put in order' and 'to equip'. So, to be arrayed is to be carefully dressed or set out in a showy, formal way.