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panoply PAN-uh-plee noun the display of fanfare; pageantry; an array of weapons 1881The Seven Against ThebesAnd seven high chieftains of war, with spear and with panoply bold, | Are set, by the law of the lot, to storm the seven gates of our hold!1943The Witch...there under the night sky with its shifting panoply of clouds.1997Island in the Sea of TimeThe elaborate panoplies of the warriors burned like tinder, tall plumes of flame replacing the feathers of their headdresses.Labels: A. E. Van Vogt, Aeschylus, S. M. Stirling
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