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   pan·o·ply

   /ˈpanəplē/

   noun

   • 1. a complete or impressive collection of things: "a deliciously inventive panoply of insults" Similar arrayrangecollection
   • ▪ a splendid display: "all the panoply of Western religious liturgy" Similar trappingsregaliaapparatussplendorspectacleshowdisplayceremonyritual
   • ▪ a complete set of arms or suit of armor.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘complete protection for spiritual warfare’, often with biblical allusion to Eph. 6:11, 13): from French panoplie or modern Latin panoplia ‘full armor’, from Greek, from pan ‘all’ + hopla ‘arms’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. panoplied adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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