arrayal

[ uh-rey-uhl ]

noun

1. an act of arraying.
2. something that is arrayed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrayal¹

First recorded in 1810–20; array + -al ²

Example Sentences

Now Olaf stood forth in the same arrayal whereof is written before, and men marvelled much how noble was the appearance of the man who was the captain of the ship.

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Birdalone smiled on them somewhat shyly, and thanked them; but bade them spend as little time as might be on her arrayal. 

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For, said she, though those ladies may well have reckoned on the time of the arrayal of my body, yet surely also they shall have reckoned with the eager fire of love in the hearts of you, and the haste it shall breed therein.

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Before he was judge at Manaos, and chief magistrate in the province, Ribeiro had known the young clerk at the time he was being prosecuted for the murder in the diamond arrayal.

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The trial of the young clerk at the mines of the diamond arrayal, his capital sentence, his escape a few hours before his intended execution—all were remembered, analyzed, and commented on.

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