Heraldry Definition

hĕrəl-drē
noun
The art or science having to do with coats of arms.
Webster's New World
The profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning arms, tracing genealogies, and determining and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms.
American Heritage
A branch of knowledge dealing with the history and description in proper terms of armorial bearings and their accessories.
American Heritage

The function of a herald.

Webster's New World
A coat of arms or other heraldic device.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Heraldry

  • From Old French hiraudie

    From Wiktionary

Heraldry Sentence Examples

  • He made a special hobby of heraldry and genealogy.

  • Probably there was as much foundation for this legend as for the more rationalistic explanation of William Newton (Display of Heraldry, p. 145), that the fleur-de-lis was the figure of a reed or flag in blossom, used instead of a sceptre at the proclamation of the Frankish kings.

  • In heraldry, a bevel is an angular break in a line.

  • Genealogy, heraldry and chronology run parallel with the wider subject.

  • He frequently assisted Philip in conducting negotiations with foreign powers, and he was an arbiter in tournaments and on all questions of chivalry, where his wide knowledge of heraldry was highly useful.

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Words Starting With

HHEHER

Words Ending With

YRYDRY

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heraldry

Words Starting With H and Ending With Y

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