Antonyms for panoply

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pan-uh-plee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn ə pli

Definition of panoply

Origin : 1570s, from Greek panoplia "complete suit of armor," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + hopla (plural), "arms" of a hoplites ("heavily armed soldier"); see hoplite. Originally in English figurative, of "spiritual armor," etc. (a reference to Eph. vi); non-armorial sense of "any splendid array" first recorded 1829.

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Example sentences :

There is no panoply like that which love provides, and she who bears it has the whole armour of God.
Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles

We reach here the last and only offensive weapon in the panoply.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

The pavilion of God is the saint's place of rest; the panoply of God is his coat of mail.
Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson

And, amid that panoply of long-ago, she recognised Séverac Bablon.
Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer

He was a savage, in the war-paint and panoply of a Blackfoot brave.
Extract from : « The Prairie Chief » by R.M. Ballantyne

Oh, with what panoply of prayer she sought to shield that beloved breast!
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This panoply of power had been paraded before her since childhood.
Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser

He wore the panoply of war just as he did the first time he took me into his arms.
Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers

The stranger was much smaller than the porcupine, and wore no panoply of points.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Trails » by Charles G. D. Roberts

The captain yelled with rage, and sprang to the panoply to get a weapon for himself.
Extract from : « The Mesmerist's Victim » by Alexandre Dumas

Synonyms for panoply

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