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machinery
NOUN:

1. an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: 
the machinery of a factory.

2. the parts of a machine, collectively: 
the machinery of a watch.

3. a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained: 
the machinery of government.

4. a group of contrivances for producing stage effects.

5. machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively.

6. a particular machine system or set of machines.

7. a system similar to a machine:
the machinery of government.

8. machines in general or as a functioning unit.

9. the working parts of a machine.

10. the means or system by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained: 
the machinery of government.

Examples:

Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire; a piece of farm machinery. —Merriam-Webster.

of epic poetry:

1. the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency (epic machinery) in an epic poem.
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2. literary devices used for effect in epic poetry.

Origin:

First recorded in 1680–90; machine + -ery. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of machinery. 1687. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

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