panoply
- a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
- a complete suit of armor.
- a protective covering.
- full ceremonial attire or paraphernalia; special dress and equipment.
Origin of panoply
Related Words for panoply
array, exhibit, fanfare, parade, show, splash, dash, pretension, spectacle, affectation, demonstration, frippery, layout, exposure, panorama, arrangement, spread, exposition, exhibition, schemeExamples from the Web for panoply
Contemporary Examples of panoply
While a panoply of other circuses operated, these grew even larger.
Just as at the weekend, a panoply of emergency personnel descended on the scene in October.
“Destination,” meanwhile, presents a panoply of nightlife hotspots, serene beaches, and luscious vineyards.
Historical Examples of panoply
There is no panoply like that which love provides, and she who bears it has the whole armour of God.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
We reach here the last and only offensive weapon in the panoply.
Expositions of Holy ScriptureAlexander Maclaren
The pavilion of God is the saint's place of rest; the panoply of God is his coat of mail.
George Muller of BristolArthur T. Pierson
And, amid that panoply of long-ago, she recognised Séverac Bablon.
The Sins of Sverac BablonSax Rohmer
He was a savage, in the war-paint and panoply of a Blackfoot brave.
The Prairie ChiefR.M. Ballantyne
panoply
- a complete or magnificent array
- the entire equipment of a warrior
Word Origin for panoply
Word Origin and History for panoply
1570s, from Greek panoplia "complete suit of armor," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + hopla (plural), "arms" of a hoplites ("heavily armed soldier"); see hoplite. Originally in English figurative, of "spiritual armor," etc. (a reference to Eph. vi); non-armorial sense of "any splendid array" first recorded 1829.