Dressed or clothed in fine garments, or arranged in order or formation.
From Old French 'arayer' (to arrange or dress), derived from Germanic 'reida' (to ride or arrange in order). The meaning evolved to encompass both literal clothing and metaphorical organizational arrangement.
Shakespeare used 'arrayed' constantly to describe warriors in battle formation or nobility in fancy dress—the word perfectly captures the dual meaning of visual appearance and strategic organization.
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