blazonry

bla·zon·ry (bl

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n. pl. bla·zon·ries

1. Heraldry

a. The art of properly and accurately describing or representing armorial bearings.

b. A coat of arms.

2. An ostentatious display.

blazonry [ˈbleɪzənrɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (History / Heraldry) the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form

2. (History / Heraldry) heraldic arms collectively

3. colourful or ostentatious display

blazonry

1. the art of depicting or describing heraldic regalia.
2. coats of arms or other heraldic emblems. See also ornamentation.

See also: Honors and Regalia

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Noun

blazonry - the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

blazon, coat of arms, arms

crest - (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

heraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms

quartering - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages

heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

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Philippe, son of France, take your place on that bed; Philippe, sole king of France, resume the blazonry that is yours

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

compared with her, the innocent-looking Celia was knowing and worldly-wise; so much subtler is a human mind than the outside tissues which make a sort of blazonry or clock-face for it.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

What fire that a Delaware can light would burn the child of my fathers," he added, pointing proudly to the simple blazonry on his skin; "the blood that came from such a stock would smother your flames

The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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