blazonry

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B0318000 (blā′zən-rē)n. pl. bla·zon·ries 1. Heraldry a. The art of properly and accurately describing or representing armorial bearings.b. A coat of arms.2. An ostentatious display.

blazonry

(ˈbleɪzənrɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Heraldry) the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form2. (Heraldry) heraldic arms collectively3. colourful or ostentatious display

bla•zon•ry

(ˈbleɪ zən ri)

n., pl. -ries. 1. brilliant decoration or display. 2. blazon (defs. 5, 6). [1615–25]

blazonry

1. the art of depicting or describing heraldic regalia.
2. coats of arms or other heraldic emblems. See also ornamentation.See also: Honors and Regalia

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blazonry - the official symbols of a family, state, etc.blazon, coat of arms, armscrest - (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmetheraldry - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear armsquartering - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriagesheraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

blazonry

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blazonry

(blā`zənrē), science of describing or depicting armorial bearings. The introduction, since the Middle Ages, of artificial rules and fanciful medieval terms has complicated the science, particularly in England. The chief part of blazonry is the description of the escutcheon, or shield, the essential part of the coat of arms. This involves the description of the color of the field on which devices are displayed. Arms are identified by their charges; the most common of these, the ordinaries, include lines of division, e.g., a cross, a chief (a band occupying the top third of the shield), a fess (a band across the shield in the middle), and a bend (a diagonal band). Other characteristic charges are heraldic animals or flowers, e.g., the lion, the fleur-de-lis, and the trefoil. The arms of younger sons should, in theory, show differences; thus a second son should display a crescent in his field. The bend sinister (a band from the upper right to the lower left of the shield) is not a difference and does not necessarily (as is popularly believed) indicate illegitimacy, which is usually blazoned by a wavy border around the shield. Blazonry also involves the description of the crestcrest,
in feudal livery, an ornament of the headpiece that afforded protection against a blow. The term is incorrectly used to mean family coat of arms. Crests were widely used in the 13th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. above the shield and of the motto. The tinctures, or colors, used in blazonry are gold (or), white or silver (argent), red (gules), blue (azure), green (vert), purple, and black (sable). In England, blazonry is regulated by the Heralds' CollegeHeralds' College,
body first chartered in 1483 by Richard III of England. It has been reorganized several times. Its purpose is to assign new coats of arms and to trace lineages to determine heraldic rights and privileges (see heraldry).
..... Click the link for more information. . See also heraldryheraldry,
system in which inherited symbols, or devices, called charges are displayed on a shield, or escutcheon, for the purpose of identifying individuals or families.
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noun the official symbols of a family, state, etc

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