Definition of Parura

1. parure [n -S] - See also: parure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parura

partygoers
partygoing
partying
partyism
partyisms
partylike
partymeister
partymeisters
partywear
partywide
partzite
parula warbler
parulis
parulises
parumbilical
parura (current term)
paruras
parure
parures
paruresis
paruretic
parvalbumin
parvalbumins
parvanimities
parvanimity
parve
parvenu
parvenue

Literary usage of Parura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"4. *C^*4W*yJ cut) so as to appear as a kind of collar above the alb (see Fig. 3). An example is given of late date, to show the shape of the parura, as, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1900)
"parura Kirby, 1896. Type : P. cipris Fab. nee Cramer. ... parura cipris. Differs from the types included under ..."

3. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... S.: parum Claris lucera dare, H.: nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc. : mature, L. : est dictum non parura saepe, often enough: non parum Iti* ..."

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