panoply

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The lieutenant who commanded them, required to speak with Dr. Beaumont; and, in a tone of authorised insolence, bade him give up the son of the delinquent, whom he harboured The Doctor had spent the night in devotion, and came from his oratory clad in that celestial panoply which is proof against the terrors of military array.

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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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  • This panoply was used to raise battle morale, advertise the appearance of the wearer winning the battle and his movements on the battlefield. —  TrinidadExpress Today's News
  • While other ships were sailing grandly to their ports in all their canvas panoply, and swelling with the pride of costly merchandise within, each unmindful of the other, this ship remained floating there, destitute of cargo, either rich or poor, never in port, always on service, serene in all the majesty of her one settled self-sacrificing purpose--to guide the converging navies of the world safely past the dangerous shoals that meet them on their passage to the world's greatest port, the Thames, or to speed them safely thence when outward-bound. —  The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
  • The lieutenant who commanded them, required to speak with Dr. Beaumont; and, in a tone of authorised insolence, bade him give up the son of the delinquent, whom he harboured The Doctor had spent the night in devotion, and came from his oratory clad in that celestial panoply which is proof against the terrors of military array. —  The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
  • 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 image of an armed knight is graven Upon it, clad in perfect panoply-- Cuishes, and greaves, and cuirass, with barred helm, Gauntleted hand, and sword, and blazoned shield. —  Poems
 

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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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