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paraphernalia

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par⋅a⋅pher⋅na⋅lia

  [par-uh-fer-neyl-yuh, -fuh-neyl-]
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–noun
1. (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
2. (used with a plural verb) personal belongings.
3. (used with a singular verb) Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.
Origin:
1470–80; < ML paraphernālia (bona) a bride's goods, beyond her dowry, equiv. to LL paraphern(a) a bride's property (< Gk parápherna, equiv. to para- para- 1 + phern() dowry, deriv. of phérein to bear 1 + -a neut. pl. n. suffix) + L -ālia, n. use of neut. pl. of -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
par⋅a⋅pher⋅na⋅lian, par⋅a⋅pher⋅nal  [par-uh-fur-nl] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. appointments, appurtenances, accouterments, trappings. 2. effects.
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par·a·pher·na·lia   (pār'ə-fər-nāl'yə, -fə-nāl'yə)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

  1. Personal belongings.

  2. The articles used in a particular activity; equipment: a photographer's paraphernalia. See Synonyms at equipment.

  3. A married woman's personal property exclusive of her dowry, according to common law.


[Medieval Latin paraphernālia, neuter pl. of paraphernālis, pertaining to the parapherna, a married woman's property exclusive of her dowry, from Greek : para-, beyond; see para-1 + phernē, dowry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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