Heraldry
['her(ə)ldrɪ] or ['hɛrəldri]
Definition
(noun.) emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms.
(noun.) the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies.
Typed by Lisa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Blazonry, emblazonry.
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- Here and there a Hatchment, with the whole science of Heraldry in it, loomed down upon the street, like an Archbishop discoursing on Vanity. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Farewell to the glory and heraldry of England! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The dark mark of fate and doom was on the threshold--the tall old threshold surmounted by coronets and caned heraldry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Stephanie