noun, plural pan·o·plies.
- a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja’s procession; the panoply of European history.
- a complete suit of armor.
- a protective covering.
- full ceremonial attire or paraphernalia; special dress and equipment.
noun plural -plies
- a complete or magnificent array
- the entire equipment of a warrior
n.1570s, from Greek panoplia “complete suit of armor,” from pan- “all” (see pan-) + hopla (plural), “arms” of a hoplites (“heavily armed soldier”); see hoplite. Originally in English figurative, of “spiritual armor,” etc. (a reference to Eph. vi); non-armorial sense of “any splendid array” first recorded 1829.