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heraldry [ˈhɛrəldrɪ] n pl -ries 1. (History / Heraldry) the occupation or study concerned with the classification of armorial bearings, the allocation of rights to bear arms, the tracing of genealogies, etc. 2. (History / Heraldry) the duties and pursuit of a herald 3. (History / Heraldry) armorial bearings, insignia, devices, etc. 4. (History / Heraldry) heraldic symbols or symbolism 5. (History / Heraldry) the show and ceremony of heraldry heraldist n heraldry 1. the art of pictorial representation of genealogy, as through coats of arms, crests, etc. See also: Honors and Regalia
2. the science of genealogy with special reference to aristocratic lineage. — herald, n. — heraldic, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
heraldry noun Quotations "The science of fools with long memories" [J.R. Planché The Pursuivant of Arms] Heraldry termsachievement, annulet, argent, armes parlantes, armiger, armory, bandeau, bar, base, baton, bearing, bend, bend sinister, bezzant, bezant, or byzant, blazon, blazonry, bordure, cadency, canting arms, canton, chaplet, charge, checky, chevron, chief, cinquefoil, Clarenceux, coat armour, coat of arms, cockatrice, cognizance or cognisance, college of arms, compony or compone, coronet, couchant, crescent, crest, cross, crosslet, crown, dexter, difference, dimidiate, dormant, eagle, embattled, emblazon, ermine, escutcheon, falcon, fesse or fess, field, fillet, fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys, flory or fleury, fret, fur, fusil, garland, giron or gyron, gironny or gyronny, griffon, guardant or gardant, gules, hatchment, herald, heraldic or fetial, impale or empale, inescutcheon, issuant, king-of-arms, label, leopard, lion, lozenge, lozengy, Lyon King of Arms, mantling or lambrequin, mascle or voided lozenge, matriculation, moline, naissant, nombril, octofoil, officer of arms, or, ordinary, orle, pale, pall, paly, parted, party, passant, pean, pile, potent, proper, purpure, pursuivant, quarter, quartered, quartering, quarterly, rampant, rebus, regardant, roundel, sable, saltire, sejant or sejeant, scutcheon, semé (of) or semée (of), shield, sinister, spread eagle, statant, sun in splendour, supporter, torse, tressure, urdé or urdée, urinant, vair, vert, voided, volant, wreath, wyvern, yale Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| * however, that heraldry had only its first rude origin during the Letters came, with armorial seals upon them, though of bearings unknown to English heraldry. So no one vexed him as he trotted through the winding pathways between the many houses and past the obscene kingposts of totemic heraldry, where the forms of men, carved from single tree trunks, were seated in the gaping jaws of carved sharks. |
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