finery

Men dressed as pirates follow along in their own finery.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

The high-society nature of tarot is reflected in the opulent materials used in making the cards and in the depictions of the people on them, who don finery and engage in courtly activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Once dressed in their wedding finery in the palace of the local ruler, the young women parade through the streets of Shao before the mass wedding is blessed by the priest of Awon.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025

It is a quintessentially British tennis experience: punters dressed in their finery, Pimm's in full flow and a beautiful setting, with as much care taken of the flowers and greenery as the pristine courts.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025

In preparation, men and women borrowed each other’s finery and planned fanciful disguises.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

While most festivalgoers don the likes of velvet, bodices, feathered caps and other fineries, Matthews and his friends coordinated peasant-inspired costumes in an effort to represent the everyman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022

The burial site, and particularly the crown and other fineries interred with the woman, hinted at a premodern European culture in which women might have held considerable power.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

A cathedral can endure the loss of its stained glass and other fineries, as has happened in Britain where all our cathedrals were vandalised in the Reformation and civil war.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019

Lauren visited the fineries of Asian fashion in bright-dragon embroideries, silks and satins, and the perfect fit of a slim silhouette.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2011

There were among them cards and dice, fineries of women's dress, looking-glasses, bad books, musical instruments, pictures, and statues.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson