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    trappings


    1. Russ glances around at the military trappings


    2. Beyond the confines of earth-time, way out beyond the fringes of the universe where dark matter falls forever, Smith thought about nothing, taking slow but gigantic steps towards origin, and in thinking, even on a universal scale, Smith began to acquire the very first trappings of personality


    3. "No, he had a clout and shoulder pockets with quite a bit of trappings


    4. The space had all of the trappings of a great hall of some sort -


    5. trappings of success including, by age 27, a net worth of a million dollars


    6. Socialism (without the brutal trappings) shares a number of characteristics common to Autocratic Rule including an inherent contempt for mainstream conventions


    7. They were inundated into the teachings and trappings of the Law and were taught how to best interpret Law according to need


    8. “Oh, make no mistake Tyrpledge; my rank, office, and related trappings of my status as Arch-minister still hold and I expect you to diligently administer the proper respect


    9. The trappings of old age, you see


    10. But here he was, a savage man with no ties to such trappings of the civilized man, a pilgrim that somehow managed to cripple his mind with nothing but a smile and a prayer

    11. Jason turned his attention to another American venture that possessed the trappings of imperialism


    12. The chanting, wands, and other trappings are used to help focus and store the energy, which is where it starts looking mystical


    13. 38 And all the troops of Egypt went before him in this array, at first all the mighty men of Pharaoh, and the mighty men of Joseph, and after them the rest of the inhabitants of Egypt, and they were all girded with swords and equipped with coats of mail, and the trappings of war were on them


    14. He knew when a wife was ensconced in an expensive house, and had a liking for expensive trappings and a high style of living, they would encourage their husbands to make more money


    15. 38 And all the troops of Egypt went before him in this array at first all the mighty men of Pharaoh and the mighty men of Joseph and after them the rest of the inhabitants of Egypt and they were all girded with swords and equipped with coats of mail and the trappings of war were on them


    16. A Buddhist monk in the usual trappings of devotion


    17. All the trappings of a rich man engaged in the business of preparing for the day


    18. Although he didn’t care for the title and the trappings that went with it, he gave orders to be carried out by those in service to him for the benefit of the planet and the people


    19. The sun indeed was in its customary place but its trappings were those of the night


    20. The Gaeans searched the armored bodies of the lizard-trolls and found a number of silver and copper coins among their trappings

    21. He had all the trappings today of a very wealthy man…but did he still have his soul?…He realised how far apart he and his wife had drifted


    22. In the centre of the community, almost hidden by snow-laden trees, was an unmistakable blue and white Russian Orthodox church, complete with a large onion-shaped cupola and all the intricate but gaudy baroque trappings of a bygone era


    23. It had all the trappings of a Whitehall mandarin, including oak panelled walls, drinks cabinet, a large red leather Chesterfield and red leather, wing-backed armchairs


    24. About the Trappings of Rank:


    25. maze; fill with trappings and


    26. heart will throw trappings and


    27. He saw individuals turning within themselves for spiritual guidance and gratification, he felt the need for weekly meetings and expensive meeting halls with exotic trappings of worship were unnecessary


    28. The air had died in the cypresses in the courtyard, in the pale trappings of the bedrooms, in the dripping archways of the garden of perennials


    29. Our Lord wanted future believers to worship Him without the bulky trappings of ceremony


    30. All these trappings of worship were bundled together and given a

    31. he wasn’t falling prey to the trappings of Washington’s indolent elitism


    32. “Lou Strong was a man earning more than three times the average wage, yet he showed none of the trappings of a person of that ilk


    33. To see past the trappings of time


    34. She had the ability to ignite a fire inside me and she did it without the help of the usual trappings that I’ve come to expect from women—cleavage, skin, sluttiness and


    35. Leroy, Danny Fultz, and several others, organized their own sovereign government, complete with their own currency, constitution, and all other minimally necessary trappings, to become totally self-governing


    36. Yet, through all the trappings and beauty, Ben’s corpse sat like rotted fruit in a salad, breaking the otherwise charming spell


    37. Similarly robes, magical tools, incense, and similar trappings don’t matter in the least


    38. As the order spread, the external trappings of monasticism were imposed in a more stringent fashion by Rome


    39. manifold trappings of most-high status, his purpose being the viewing of the many eclectical y dedicated monuments, which includeth pyramids, lotus-pilloried temples, squarely rising occult obelisks, carved and painted entrances conveyancing the order of al things in the upper and lower kingdoms from the most High Priestess of Isis to the lowliest animal tethered


    40. But soon, I had realized that it was success that began to rule our heads; hers to begin with, inducing us to acquire the trappings of wealth for the sake of those who looked up to us, so we thought

    41. “You want me to acquire the trappings of an asharam to make it big in the global business of pseudo spiritualism,” he interjected with a smile


    42. We have to forget the trappings of ritual and religious usage in which it is wrapped, and remember the social background in which it expanded


    43. 40am with all the trappings of modern science on hand……


    44. Behind the trappings of government with


    45. At the train station, the entire entourage, complete with all its baggage and trappings, was ready to leave, so our officer, the leader of the journey, went to the station and boarded the train


    46. The CD player had been modified to act as a radio and was standard issue together with a service pistol, handcuffs and other trappings of a drug enforcement officer


    47. Now Stedder craned back his neck, stirring mixed emotions over this rare opportunity to view the trappings of an advanced technology


    48. Instead of getting married and moving directly into a new house with all the trappings of 57


    49. It brought him back to the eager interest in the marvellous world that soul feels which is unencumbered by too heavy a weight of trappings


    50. Suppose you do not, in the end, have a footman to open your door--the footman is merely a symbol, conveniently expressing the multitude of superfluities that gather about the declining years of the person who has got on, things bought with the sacrifice of his life, and none of them giving him back the lost power, gone with youth, to enjoy them--suppose, then, you do not end gloriously with a footman, what of that? I must be blind, for I never can see the desirability of these trappings









































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    Synonyms for "trappings"

    furnishing trappings apparel garb decoration clothing garments effects equipment accoutrements outfit paraphernalia rigging

    "trappings" definitions

    (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel