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noun

Paraphernalia n. pl.

(Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.

The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van.

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Etymology of 'Paraphernalia'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Paraphernalia" Quotes from Famous Books

... great many entertainments, and to live in luxury and splendor in the great cities of the East. So they must needs take with them large quantities of baggage, containing dresses and stores of female paraphernalia of all kinds. The king remonstrated against this folly, but all to no purpose. The ladies thought it very hard if, in going on such an expedition, they could not take with them the usual little comforts and conveniences ...

— Richard I - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... of so much experimental paraphernalia, there may have been a hint that Herbert's was a scientific nature craving rather quantity than quality; his collection certainly possessed the virtue of multitudinousness, if that be a virtue; and ...

— Gentle Julia • Booth Tarkington

... General remarks The paraphernalia of the priest The religious shed and the bailn's house Equipment for ceremonies Ceremonial decorations Sacred images Ceremonial offerings Religious rites Classification Method of performance The betel-nut tribute The offering of incense Invocation Prophylactic ...

— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan

... there were crowds gathered. Men were working at the fence, while another gang, under the orders of Mr. Leonard, carefully put in place such paraphernalia as would be needed in carrying out the programme. Even the big pole had been well greased for the climbing match; while the hurdles for the obstacle race were ready to be placed in position at the proper time; ...

— The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path • Donald Ferguson

... return to it." You perhaps have heard rumours that Giuseppe Campanari prefers spaghetti to Mozart, especially when he cooks it himself. When this baritone was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company his paraphernalia for preparing his favourite food went everywhere with him on tour. Heinrich Conried (or was it Maurice Grau?) once tried to take advantage of this weakness, according to a story often related by the late Algernon St. John Brenon. Campanari was to appear ...

— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten

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