单词 | to grant arms |
释义 | > as lemmasto grant (also assign) arms j. Heraldry. to grant (also assign) arms: to assign a particular coat of arms to a recipient; to grant or bestow the right to bear arms (see right to bear arms at Phrases 3d). Now historical. ΚΠ 1596 R. Brooke Disc. Certaine Errours Ep. sig. A2v Assigning Armes, and ensignes of Honour to others not their owne. 1607 T. Ridley View Civile & Eccl. Law 89 Those to whom the Prince hath given power to grant Armes to other. 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry ii. 8 A command given..to the Lyon, King at Arms, to grant Arms, Crest, Crown and Supporters. 1799 G. Chalmers Supplemental Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers 460 The King, wishing to ampliate his favour towards the baronets, granted them..‘the arms of Ulster’. 1895 A. C. Fox-Davies Armorial Families p. vi Then, as now, these ‘painter-fellows’ encroached, and..purposed to grant, confirm, and assign Arms. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide to Heraldry iii. 41 Segar granted arms, crest, and supporters to..the East India Merchants. 1999 Renaissance No. 13. 22 Heralds were, on occasion, censured—or even imprisoned—for granting arms to ‘base-born’ individuals. < as lemmas |
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