This noun refers to clothing or apparel, with potential overtones of modesty or propriety in dress. First Timothy 2:9 instructs women to adorn themselves in 'respectable clothing' (or 'with modest deportment'), with propriety and self-control. The dative indicates manner—how they should adorn themselves. Classical usage shows equipment, dress, and also meanings like modesty or restraint. Some witnesses translate as clothing (vestido, Kleidung), others emphasize the modesty aspect. The context contrasts proper simplicity with expensive hairstyles, gold, pearls, and costly garments.