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Main Entry:  panoply1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a complete and magnificent array
Etymology:  Greek pan- + hopla 'armor'

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Main Entry:  panoply2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a full suit of armor; a complete defense or covering
Etymology:  Greek pan- + hopla 'armor'

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pan·o·ply    Audio Help   [pan-uh-plee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -plies.
1.a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
2.a complete suit of armor.
3.a protective covering.
4.full ceremonial attire or paraphernalia; special dress and equipment.

[Origin: 1570–80; < Gk panoplía full complement of arms and armor, equiv. to pan- pan- + (h)ópl(a) arms, armor (cf. hoplite) + -ia -ia]

pan·o·plied, adjective
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pan·o·ply    Audio Help   (pān'ə-plē)  Pronunciation Key 
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 panopliā : pan-, pan- + hopla, arms, armor, pl. of hoplon, weapon.]

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panoply 
1576, from Gk. panoplia "complete suit of armor," from pan- "all" + hopla (pl.) "arms" of a hoplites ("heavily armed soldier"). Originally fig., of "spiritual armor," etc. (allusion to Eph. vi); non-armorial sense of "any splendid array" first recorded 1829.

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panoply

noun
a complete and impressive array 

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Panoply

Pan"o*ply\, n. [Gr. ?; ?, ?, all + ? tool, implement, in pl., armor, arms.] Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor. --Milton.

We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God. --Ray.
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