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| par·a·pher·na·lia [ pàrrəfər náylee ə ] |
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1. assorted objects: assorted objects or items, especially of equipment required for a specific activity
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2. things characteristic of something: things usually associated with something
 banks, commercial buildings, department stores, and all the paraphernalia of a sophisticated modern city
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3. wedding gifts to wife: formerly, items of property given to a wife on her wedding day by her new husband and regarded by law as belonging to her
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| [Mid-17th century. < medieval Latin< Latin parapherna< Greek paraphernē "beside the dowry" < phernē "dowry"] |
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