parure
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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 )
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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
With all your prejudice in the girl's favour, you must admit, dear aunt, that grandmamma's bridal parure does not belong of right to her.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von
Silver tissue—how perfectly lovely!—and a parure of matchless diamonds flashing like a river of light upon your snowy neck.”
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
Madame rearranges her parure and smoothes her ruffled lace; while Mademoiselle pouts a little, then studies her card for the next waltzer.
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.
Be sure you change the white roses that loop it for pink ones, and lay out my parure of pearls and diamonds, and my point-lace fan and handkerchief.
From Not Pretty, but Precious by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
Set with engraved gemstones, the early 19th century pieces are part of matching jewellery sets, or parures, and were offered as part of auction house Sotheby's "Treasures" sale.
From Reuters ● Dec. 7, 2021
A generation or more older, “Parks” and Beaton were gentlemen society photographers, meaning they were of society, though they of course also shot it, usually wearing parures and carrying a hard-walled purse.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2011
She had bespoken several services of gold, and jewellers were revelling in her orders for parures such as princesses would have been proud to possess.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
And quick she seized the opportunity charitably to enumerate the parures in her jewel-case, and laces in her drawers, and the dresses in her wardrobes.
From Other People's Money by Gaboriau, Émile
Gautier and Balzac, followed in 1850 by two other volumes named Perles et parures; and some essays in prose and in verse written by him were collected by one of his biographers, Ch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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