单词 | officer of arms |
释义 | > as lemmasofficer of (also at) arms c. officer of (also at) arms: an officer of the College of Arms, spec. a herald or a pursuivant. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] herald of (at) arms1377 heraldc1384 officer of (also at) armsa1486 blazer1486 blazoner1586 a1486 Ordinances Chivalry in Archaeologia (1900) 57 39 (MED) There beyng offecers of armis schuyng thayre mesure of thayre speris garnyst. c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 32 Som officers of armes & purceuantes that had be at this iourney, wente in all haste to the kynge & tolde hym all the maner..therof. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxix This counterfeight Herault..there put on his cote of Armes. The Englishe out-skourers perceiuyng by his cote, that he was an officer of armes, gently saluted hym. a1600 ( Rec. Bluemantle Pursuivant (Julius) in C. L. Kingsford Eng. Hist. Lit. 15th Cent. (1913) 383 Therle of Wylshyre bare a sworde before hym..also wt the Kinges officers of armes, Garter bering his patent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard II (1623) i. i. 204 Lord Marshall, command our Officers at Armes, Be readie to direct these home Alarmes. View more context for this quotation 1672 London Gaz. No. 670/4 The Officers at Arms carrying the Pastoral and Mitre. 1686 J. Gibbon (title) Day-fatality: or, some observations of days lucky and unlucky... All written by an Officer at Arms. 1753 Treat. Office of Messenger 2 There ought only to be in all Scotland 200 Messengers, or Officers of Arms (including Heralds, Macers and Pursuivants, 17 in Number). 1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXV. 256/1 On 7 April 1589 his officers of arms and the keepers of the castles of Slains and Logiealmond were ordered to deliver them up. 1995 Whitaker's Almanack 285/1 The Sovereign's officers of Arms (Kings, Heralds and Puirsuivants of Arms) were first incorporated by Richard III. < as lemmas |
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