pleiad

• He described these writers as "a pleiad or constellation of seven golden stars, such as in their class no literature can match," and from whose works he would undertake "to build up an entire body of philosophy Frederick the Great of Prussia manifested his strong French leanings in his choice of books; his principal favourites being Bayle, Rousseau, Voltaire, Rollin, Fleury, Malebranche, and one English author--Locke. —  Character
• But he inaugurates the pleiad of amateur, curious, and commercial travellers. —  Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World
• She produced an admirable pleiad of poets and prose writers of high merit. —  Initiation into Literature
• A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers; a nebula is an ant-hill of stars. —  Les Misérables
• This brother was a star scholar, and Friedrich looked up to him as a pleiad of pedagogy. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers

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