panoply

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Nature in all her panoply is here in dramatized form or reference--earth, stone, fire, and water; verdure and the kingdom of living things from beast to man; the seasons and the planets.

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  1. noun A splendid or striking array: a panoply of colorful flags. See Synonyms at display.
  2. noun Ceremonial attire with all accessories: a portrait of the general in full panoply.
  3. noun Something that covers and protects: a porcupine's panoply of quills.

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  1. Greek panopliā : pan-, pan- + hopla, arms, armor, pl. of hoplon, weapon.

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  1. from French panoplie = Spanish Portuguese Italian panoplia, from Greek πανοπλία, a full suit of armor, from πᾶς (παν-),all, + όπλα, armor: see hoplite.
 

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