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▪ I. panoply, n.|ˈpænəplɪ|
[ad. Gr. πανοπλία a complete suit of armour, the full armour of the ὁπλίτης, f. παν- all + ὅπλα pl. arms. Cf. F. panoplie (occurring casually 1551, but adm. in Dict. Acad. 1835). The original Gr. and a latinized form panoplia occur in early use.
1607Sir J. H. in Harington's Nugæ Ant. (ed. Park 1804) II. 213 As well episcopall as temporall panoplia, or furniture, beseeming both a gentleman, a deane, and a bishop. 1624Gee Foot out of Snare 24 Let vs..arme our selues with the πανοπλία of God.]
1. A complete suit of armour, the ‘whole armour’ of a soldier (a) of ancient or (b) of mediæval times. (In (b) its brightness and splendour are chiefly connoted.)
(a)1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iii. iv, Iron... More..Than all your fury, and the panoply—Prac. Which is at best, but a thin linen armour. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 760 Hee in Celestial Panoplie all armd. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 78 ⁋1 Encumbered and oppressed, as he will find himself, with the ancient panoply. 1838Thirlwall Greece II. 346 Their short spears and daggers were..ill fitted to make an impression on the Spartan panoply. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 243 Three hundred panoplies which were allotted to Demosthenes he brought home with him.
(b)1813Scott Trierm. ii. xix, As all around the lists so wide In panoply the champions ride. 1839Longfellow Coplas de Manrique xxxii, Scarf, and gorgeous panoply, And nodding plume. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. vi. 516 Armed with all the magnificence of the full panoply of the time.
2. In various fig. and transf. applications:
a. fig. Complete armour for spiritual or mental warfare.
Often with direct allusion to την πανοπλίαν τοῦ θεοῦ ‘the whole armour of God’ in Eph. vi. 11, 13.
1576Fleming (title) A Panoplie of Epistles, Or, a looking Glasse for the vnlearned. 1650S. Clarke Eccl. Hist. (1654) i. 4 Patience is the Panoply or whole Armour of the man of God. 1658W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. (1669) 245/1 These words present us with another piece in the Christians panoply. 1784Cowper Task ii. 345 Armed himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxv. 464 Napoleon was armed with the panoply of popular rights. 1884Tennyson Becket v. ii, Mail'd in the perfect panoply of faith.
b. transf. Any kind of complete defence, covering, or clothing.
c. Any splendid enveloping or surrounding array, material or ideal.
1829Lytton Devereux iv. iii, What a panoply of smiles the duchess wears to night. 1832Lander Adv. Niger III. xvii. 57 Another charm..a panoply, for preserving all persons, while bathing, from the fangs of the crocodiles. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) I. viii. 322 Before him lay..the mighty City..gleaming in the sun with its panoply of roofs. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. i. 22 His many-coated panoply against King Death. 1867L. M. Child Romance of Repub. xxxv. 400 Mist..as it grew colder, had settled on the trees..covering every little twig with a panoply of ice. 1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 278 The two lakes, Buttermere and Crummock,..surrounded by a grand panoply of mountains. 1887Bowen æneid iii. 517 Both of the Bears, and Orion, in golden panoply dight.
3. A group of pieces of armour arranged as a kind of trophy or ornament.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1896Daily News 5 Mar. 7/5 Some Russian shields, serving as panoplies, were added to the French shields.
▪ II. panoply, v.|ˈpænəplɪ|
[f. prec. n.]
a. trans. To arm completely, to furnish with a panoply.
1832L. Hunt Gentle Armour ii. 4 To-morrow sees me panoplied indeed. 1885Homilet. Rev. Sept. 264 To panoply fearful souls with the armor of..heaven-inspired thoughts.
b. fig. To array with something brilliant.
1873‘Mark Twain’ Gilded Age xxxii. 290 It would be..judicious to send her forth well panoplied for her work.—So he had added new and still richer costumes to her wardrobe, and assisted their attractions with costly jewelry. 1880― Tramp Abroad xxviii. 284, I and my agent panoplied ourselves in walking costume. 1895Daily News 14 Sept. 5/7 There was..a train of saloon carriages for the excursionists. It was panoplied with flags and garlanded with vine leaves. 1940‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk i. i. 11, I was panoplied for War. |