ARRAY

Definitions

1. 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.
2. 2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.
3. 3. An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.
4. 4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden.
5. 5. A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
6. 6. The panel itself.
7. 7. The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. -- Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.