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parure

noun /pəˈɹʊə(ɹ)/

  1. A set of jewellery to be worn together.

    “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted.[…]”

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English parure, from Old French pareure, parure.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry parure (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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