Definition of Parures

1. Noun. (plural of parure) ¹

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Definition of Parures

1. parure [n] - See also: parure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parures

partyism
partyisms
partylike
partymeister
partymeisters
partywear
partywide
partzite
parula warbler
parulis
parulises
parumbilical
parura
paruras
parure
parures (current term)
paruresis
paruretic
parvalbumin
parvalbumins
parvanimities
parvanimity
parve
parvenu
parvenue
parvenues
parvenus
parvilocular cyst

Literary usage of Parures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the middle ages the parures, which originally had no mystic Intention whatever, were taken to symbolize the wounds of Christ; whence probably is derived ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the middle ages the parures, which originally had no mystic intention whatever, were taken to symbolize the wounds of Christ; whence probably is derived ..."

3. An elementary scientific French reader by Pauline Mariotte-Davies (1897)
"3. parures de fantaisie, pretty, inexpensive set of jewelry. Page 48. ... i. parures d'occasion, second-handset, 2. à la mode, fashionable. ..."

4. The French Cook, Or, The Art of Cookery: Developed in All Its Branches by Louis Eustache Ude (1815)
"... into which you have put the parures of your truffles. When reduced drain it through a sieve, that the parures may not injure your sauce. ..."

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