单词 | to give arms |
释义 | > as lemmasto give arms c. Heraldry. to give arms: = to grant arms at Phrases 1j (now historical). Formerly also: †to wear or display arms (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (intransitive)] to bear arms1442 to give arms1563 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye i. sig. dviv Who so gaue armes by theyr auncestours, were honoured with that title. 1599 George a Greene sig. C3 We are gentlemen. Geo. Why sir, so may I sir, although I giue no armes. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) i. i. 11 Charles the fourth the Emperour, gave Armes also vnto learned men. 1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France xcvii. 565 To give Arms was one of the chief rights of Sovereignty, and joyn'd with the power of conferring Knighthood. 1683 J. Dunton Informer's Doom 85 Whereas in my time he was counted Goodman Taylor, now he is grown to be a Merchant, or Gentleman, Merchant-Taylor, giving Arms. 1804 M. Noble Hist. Colllege Arms 198 A more extensive charter of privileges than any preceding Garter, being impowered to visit, correct, and give arms absolutely of himself. 1881 Catholic World Mar. 760 The pope intended to give arms which should be unlike those of any other potentate. 1943 A. R. Wagner in E. J. Jones Medieval Heraldry p. xiv The writer expresses disapproval of the opinion that heralds can give arms. 2009 A. Ailes in P. R. Coss & C. Tyerman Soldiers, Nobles & Gentlemen 94 He used the same formula—to ennoble and give arms as a sign of that nobility—in his letters patent. < as lemmas |
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