parure
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Etymology
Origin of parure
1200–50; Middle English < Old French pareure peeling < Latin parātūra ( parāt-, past participle stem of parāre to prepare ( see pare) + -ūra -ure )
Example Sentences
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The parure of colored diamonds -- consisting of a necklace, brooch and pair of earrings -- is being offered from an unidentified private collection at Sotheby’s, also in Geneva.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 14, 2011
The present writer once saw a very costly parure belonging to the Countess of Dudley, composed entirely of black diamonds set heavily in gold.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
Colburn, her publisher, who had just presented her with a beautiful parure of amethysts, now proposed that she and her husband should go to Italy.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
Le point du jour À nos bosquets rend toute leur parure; Flore est plus belle à son retour; L'oiseau reprend doux chant d'amour; Tout célèbre dans la nature Le point du jour.
From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas
No parure can cure thee; and if at some future day thy fair heart should grow sick, nothing would heal it but the best heart or death....
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
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