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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APPAREL (from O. Fr. aparail, aparailler, mod. appareil, from See also:Low See also:Lat. adpariculare, to make See also:fit. or equal)  , equipment, outfit, things furnished for the proper performance of anything, now chiefly used of See also:dress . The word is also applied to the " orphreys," i.e. embroidered strips or See also:borders, on ecclesiastical See also:vestments .

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