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panoply

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pan·o·ply  (pn-pl)
n. pl. pan·o·plies
1. A splendid or striking array: a panoply of colorful flags. See Synonyms at display.
2. Ceremonial attire with all accessories: a portrait of the general in full panoply.
3. Something that covers and protects: a porcupine's panoply of quills.
4. The complete arms and armor of a warrior.
[Greek panopli : pan-, pan- + hopla, arms, armor, pl. of hoplon, weapon.]
panoply [pan-a-plee]
Noun
a magnificent array: ambassadors equipped with the full panoply of diplomatic bags, codes and cyphers [Greek pan- all + hopla armour]
Panoply the equipment of a warrior.
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Noun1.panoply - a complete and impressive array
array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"
panoply
noun 1. array, range, display, collection
2. trappings, show, dress, get-up (informal) turnout, attire, garb, insignia, regalia, raiment (archaic), (poetic)


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Perhaps this was because the First Mate always paraded it in panoply of gold.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Later, Sola, with the aid of several of the other women, remodeled the trappings to fit my lesser proportions, and after they completed the work I went about garbed in all the panoply of war.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
This bright panoply was not meant for mere idle show, but had been worn by the Governor on many a solemn muster and draining field, and had glittered, moreover, at the head of a regiment in the Pequod war.
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