panoply
noun
a wide-ranging and impressive array or display.
panoplies
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pluralof panoply.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For better or for worse, Turkey became a republic, a midget of a state compared to its former self; all the old panoplies of government were thrown overboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
I see them blown Like clouds of flies about the plain Where the winds sweep them and make vain Their panoplies.
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett
In the early days the seignior's bedstead might be in the same room,—an enormous affair with panoplies of curtains and counterpanes of fur rugs and feather mattresses, so high that it almost necessitated a ladder.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
There are many who have a certain curiosity about the courts, and at the same time a real respect for justice, mingled with amusement at the panoplies and antiquated forms of legal procedure.
From The Man in Court by Frederic DeWitt Wells
At intervals might be seen rich panoplies of feather work and lofty plumes, marking the post of some leading cacique, or Inca noble.
From Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas by A.W. Cooper
