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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- noun A splendid or striking array: a panoply of colorful flags. See Synonyms at display.
- noun Ceremonial attire with all accessories: a portrait of the general in full panoply.
- noun Something that covers and protects: a porcupine's panoply of quills.
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- The effect of all the panoply was somewhat muted by the fact that he could see in only three colors. — Jed the Dead
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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.
— Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium -
The limestone quality that provides the foundation for this panoply is awesome. 750 cases imported.
— Bigger Than Your Head -
Votes were passed for deposing the Four Hundred, and placing the government in the hands of the 5000, of whom every citizen who could furnish a panoply might be a member.
— A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest -
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.
— Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium
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- Greek panopliā : pan-, pan- + hopla, arms, armor, pl. of hoplon, weapon.
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