paraphernalian

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par⋅a⋅pher⋅na⋅lia

[par-uh-fer-neyl-yuh, -fuh-neyl-]

–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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