emblazonryn.
/ɛmˈbleɪzənri/ 1.
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a. The art of depicting or describing heraldic devices.
b. concrete. Heraldic devices collectively; symbolic ornament.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun]
arming1446
coat-armour1486
arms1489
armory1525
armour1548
blazonrya1649
emblazonry1667
emblazoning1820
scutcheonry1827
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 512 With bright imblazonrie, and horrent Arms. View more context for this quotation
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 345 The poet is speaking of some emblazonry upon the cuirass of Agamemnon.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 48 The Banner..in all its dread emblazonry.
1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. I. 3 Burke..could dispense with pedigrees and heralds. His works form his best emblazonry.
1851 R. C. Trench Poems 112 Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry.
2.
a. Display of gorgeous colours; brilliant pictorial representation.
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the world > matter > colour > [noun] > display of bright colour
riot1713
emblazonry1827
blazonment1883
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 21 In horrible emblazonry, were limned All shapes..of wretchedness.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ii. 33/1 The Sun..with his gold-purple emblazonry.
b. Verbal amplification or embellishment.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment
ornatinga1492
colouring1509
gilding1647
garniture1725
emblazonrya1807
garnish1825
fancification1937
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iii. 92 If these thoughts Be a gratuitous emblazonry.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 273 It would be injurious to spend words in emblazonry.
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