Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Paraphernalia

Paraphernalia , noun, plural

[Late Latin paraphernalia bona, from Latin parapherna, pl., parapherna, Greek {not transcribed}; para` beside + {not transcribed} a bride's dowry, from fe`rein to bring. See 1st Bear.]

1.
(Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
2.
Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.
3.
The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van.