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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

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–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

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—Related forms

pan·o·plied, adjective

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n. pl. pan·o·plies

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