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Definition of Panoply
1. Noun. A complete and impressive array.
Definition of Panoply
1. n. Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
Definition of Panoply
1. Noun. A splendid display of something. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a collection or display of weaponry ¹
3. Noun. Ceremonial garments, complete with all accessories. ¹
4. Noun. A complete set of armour. ¹
5. Noun. (context: by extension) Something that covers and protects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panoply
1. a suit of armor [n -PLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panoply
Literary usage of Panoply
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"—London Once a Week, JUSTICE IS OUR panoply. ... Our freedom is our panoply— Come
on, you base black -guards, WV11 snuff you like wax-cables, ..."
2. The Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1909)
"... at the last International Medical Congress, held at Washington, is no more
barbarous or unnatural than the panoply of the femme du monde. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1790)
"... Officer's panoply: containing Arguments in favour of a Divine Revelation Bv
a Marine Officer. With a Recommendation in favour of the Work, ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Yea, even the King " Latinus, if he will not heed thy plea, " Nor hear thy wooing,
shall be taught too late " What Turnus is in panoply of war. ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... covered with the same panoply of sitting figures as that at Khandwa. The date
1346 AD appears on an image of Siva in the same building. ..."
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