| 单词 | armorial | 
| 释义 | armorialadj.n. A. adj.  1.  Of, relating to, or consisting of heraldic arms (see arms n. 5a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > 			[adjective]		 armorial1572 1572    J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie  ii. f. 90  				Floures..are of greate dignitie in signes Armoriall. a1608    F. Thynne Disc. Ld. Burghleyghe his Creste 218 in  Animaduersions 		(1875)	 App.  iv. 111  				An olde armoriall booke. 1683    Britanniæ Speculum 179  				The Soveraign Ensigns Armorial of the King of Great Britain. 1722    A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry I. 339  				The Elephant's Probicide, as an armorial Figure, flexed and reflexed in Form of an S. is to be seen in the English Herauld-Books. 1779    H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xxxi. 253  				Armorial ensigns..interwoven with the Arabesque foliages. 1803    R. Southey Select. from Lett. 		(1856)	 I. 224  				I often found my armorial vocabulary scant. 1891    Scott. Notes & Queries Apr. 210/2  				At the foot of the stone there is cut the armorial coat..carved so as to show the tinctures. 1946    E. Diehl Bookbinding I. vi. 117  				Some of his bindings are very plain, with merely an elaborate armorial stamp in the center. 2002    Oxoniensia 66 6  				Panels..were then painted with repeating armorial devices of Oxford University.  2.  Of porcelain, china, etc.: bearing heraldic arms. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > 			[adjective]		 > adorned with armed1553 emblazoned1667 blazoned1830 armoried1855 armorial1871 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > 			[adjective]		 > specific designs black-figured1825 red-figured1840 willow-patterned1857 hawthorn1866 armorial1871 red figure1881 goat and bee1899 tobacco-leaf1969 1871    Notes & Queries 28 Oct. 362/1  				Armorial China.—Any small Specimens with Arms or Monograms. Wanted by Mr. J. J. Howard. 1933    Burlington Mag. June p. xvii/1  				The fine display at the recent British Antique Dealers' exhibition of armorial porcelain. 1987    C. Lippert 18th-cent. Eng. Porcelain 253/1  				British manufacturers..stepped in to satisfy the continuing strong demand for armorial ware. 2007    A. White Lotherton Hall 		(Leeds Museums & Galleries)	 		(new ed.)	 44/2  				A case at the far end of the gallery contains what remains of the Gascoigne services of Chinese armorial porcelain.  B. n.   A book containing images of and information about heraldic arms. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > 			[noun]		 > book of heraldic bearings armorial1632 ordinary1780 1632    Guillim's Display of Heraldrie 		(ed. 2)	  iv. xviii. 354  				To these Martiall Armorials we may adde as an appendix of neccessary vse in warlike business. a1645    J. Philipot Villare Cantianum 		(1659)	 42  				The ancient Lords of Folkston, sirnamed Averenches, whose Armes were (as is manifest by ancient Armorials) Or five Cheverons Gules. 1753    Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word)  				In this sense we meet with the French Armorial, the Spanish Armorial. 1759    Information G. Dundas against T. Dundas 10  				The only Books of Authority in Matters of Heraldry, with respect to Armorials of Families in this Country, are Sir George Mackenzie and Mr. Nisbet. c1800    		(title)	  				An Armorial of the Extinct and Dormant Peerage of England. 1874    J. W. Papworth 		(title)	  				An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms..forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials. 1916    Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 20 226 		(note)	  				See the accompanying plate, taken from the armorial of Guelders Herald. 1996    J. W. Rosenthal Spectacles & Other Vision Aids xxii. 269  				The armorial shows a lion rampant, a lyre, three oak leaves vertically, and three horizontally. Compounds  armorial bearings  n. heraldic charges or devices depicted on an escutcheon or shield and used to identify a person, family, etc.; also occasionally in singular in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > 			[noun]		 bearing1562 prise1572 formality?1578 charge1599 armorial bearings1610 1610    E. Bolton Elements of Armories xii. 76  				It fals not to bee handled till wee come (if wee doe come at all) to treat of Charges or Armorial bearings. 1752    J. Louthian Form of Process 		(ed. 2)	 159  				[They] battered on the Cross the said armorial Bearing reversely (which was the Top or Chief of the Shield undermost). 1857    H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. ix. 562  				In the twelfth century armorial bearings were invented. 2005    Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Feb. 33/2  				They..hoisted their armorial bearings..and visibly demonstrated that they were eminent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  | 
	
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