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Definition of Parure
1. n. An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decoration consisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure of rubies or of embroideries.
Definition of Parure
1. Noun. A set of jewellery to be worn together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parure
1. a set of matched jewelry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parure
Literary usage of Parure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts and Crafts of Our Teutonic Forefathers: Being the Substance of the by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1911)
"... CHAPTER VII parure AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF GERMANIC LADIES Dress fastenings ;
the fibula in its different forms, with a glance at its development; ..."
2. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"Thus four months passed, and the parure was completed. In the making of this
parure, four pint-pots of diamonds were used, eleven pint-pots of pearls, ..."
3. Paris Past & Present by Henry Haynie (1902)
"The parks of Paris—The art of gardening—Jardin des Tuileries and that of the
Luxembourg—The plus belle parure of the capital—Sketch of the Bois de ..."
4. Evenings with Prince Cambacérès, Second Consul, Arch-chancellor of the by Étienne Léon Lamothe-Langon (1837)
"... the Prefect of Police—Parisian thieves and swindlers—The diamond shoe-buckles—The
pretended Russian Prince and the parure of diamonds—The snuff-box and ..."
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