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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parure  \Pa`rure"\,  n.  [F.,  OF  pareure,  LL  paraura  fr  L. 
  parare  to  prepare.  See  {Pare}.] 
  An  ornament  or  decoration  for  the  person;  esp.,  a  decoration 
  consisting  of  a  set  of  ornaments  to  be  used  together;  as  a 
  parure  of  rubies  or  of  embroideries. 

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