parure
Americannoun
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parures
plural
noun
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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 )
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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
Their mother's dress was of golden tissue, trimmed with black chenille, with a parure of pearls and diamonds.
From The Seven Wives Of Bluebeard 1920 by D. B. Stewart
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 T. C. DeLeon
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 Mrs Goddard Orpen
There was a diamond parure somewhere, of purest water, which would become the new marquise amazingly.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
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 L. (Luise) Mühlbach
But on its simplicity a priesthood shook parures.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Edgar Saltus
Amices ⁊ parures · worldliche leafdis mahen inoh wurchen · ant ȝef ȝe ham makieð; ne makie ȝe þrof na mustreisun · veine gloire attreð alle 80 gode þeawes · ⁊ alle gode werkes.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
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