parure
[ puh-roo r; French pa-ryr ]
/ pəˈrʊər; French paˈrür /
noun, plural pa·rures [puh-roo rz; French pa-ryr] /pəˈrʊərz; French paˈrür/.
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
Words nearby parure
Example sentences from the Web for parure
Lbel Wolf, so soon as the young man left him, betook himself to the examination of the parure.
A Noble Name |Claire Von GlmerPoetry was the attribute of his order as joy was the parure of the preux chevalier.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern |Edgar SaltusA few steps from Emma a gentleman in a blue coat was talking of Italy with a pale young woman wearing a parure of pearls.
Madame Bovary |Gustave Flaubert
British Dictionary definitions for parure
parure
/ (pəˈrʊə) /
noun
a set of jewels or other ornaments
Word Origin for parure
C15: from Old French
pareure adornment, from
parer to embellish, from Latin
parāre to arrange