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Apr. 5, 2015
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\PAN-uh-plee\
noun
1. a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
2. a complete suit of armor.
Quotes
A building like 135 Duane, with its panoply of enterprises, had its idiosyncrasies but nonetheless conformed to the prevailing narrative.
-- Colson Whitehead, Zone One, 2011
Origin
Panoply entered English in the late 1500s, and comes from the Greek word panoplía, meaning "a full complement of arms and armor.”
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