Ar·ray n.
 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. 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. An imposing series of things.
    Their long array of sapphire and of gold.   --Byron.
 4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
 5. Law (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) 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.