\Par"a*ment\, n. [Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare,
L. parare.]
Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state
apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; --
chiefly in the plural. [Obs.]

      Lords in paraments on their coursers.    --Chaucer.

{Chamber of paraments}, presence chamber of a monarch.