parure
Americannoun
plural
paruresnoun
Etymology
Origin of parure
1200–50; Middle English < Old French pareure peeling < Latin parātūra ( parāt-, past participle stem of parāre to prepare ( see pare) + -ūra -ure )
Example Sentences
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The parure of colored diamonds -- consisting of a necklace, brooch and pair of earrings -- is being offered from an unidentified private collection at Sotheby’s, also in Geneva.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 14, 2011
Madame rearranges her parure and smoothes her ruffled lace; while Mademoiselle pouts a little, then studies her card for the next waltzer.
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.
Colburn, her publisher, who had just presented her with a beautiful parure of amethysts, now proposed that she and her husband should go to Italy.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
L�bel Wolf, so soon as the young man left him, betook himself to the examination of the parure.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von
Silver tissue—how perfectly lovely!—and a parure of matchless diamonds flashing like a river of light upon your snowy neck.”
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
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