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parure
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[pəˈrʊə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a set of jewels intended to be worn together
(e.g: Aunt Gertrude's diamond parure)
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Origin
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Middle English (denoting an ornamental part of a vestment): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from parer ‘adorn’. The sense ‘set of jewels’ dates from the early 19th century
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