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Definition of heraldry in English: heraldrynoun ˈhɛr(ə)ldriˈhɛrəldri mass noun1The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated. the use of the rose in heraldry Example sentencesExamples - Now, heraldry is one of the quaint, meaningless traditions that so enthralls anglophiles like myself.
- The Sunday Herald has learned that after lengthy deliberations, a stunning earlier design, believed to have cost thousands of pounds, was turned down at the last minute because it breached heraldry regulations.
- Such ‘beasts’ were among the earliest icons used in medieval heraldry.
- Last year, Susan conducted a three week lecture tour in America to tell the story of Irish heraldry and genealogy and spoke in Boston, New York, Minneapolis and Chicago.
- Elizabeth herself received no formal education, other than in heraldry and how to smile while standing up for hours on end.
- Although the system is not perfect, containing minor contradictions and overlaps, it is vastly more efficient than searching for armorials without possessing a comprehensive knowledge of heraldry.
- Richard Oliphant, who comes from Skye but was educated in England, was confirmed as Clan Chief by the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh, which adjudicates on matters of heraldry and chivalry - the last permanent court of its kind in Europe.
- ‘Gules’ is the traditional name for red in heraldry.
- The rose is the emblem of England and in heraldry is used as the mark of cadency for a seventh son.
- Shakespeare was influenced by heraldry both professionally and personally, applying for a coat of arms on behalf of his father, granted in 1596.
- The first emblems in human history, Paradin argues, were preserved by heraldry and his own work recapitulates this allegorical genealogy.
- My purpose here is to explore the significance of this last assumption within the context of the social ideas and values reflected by heraldry in its early medieval days of vigorous development.
- Traditionally, a colonel in the British Army would likely be from a high-born, well-known family with documented heraldry and pedigree.
- Thus was generated a moral, religious, and social code, which over the centuries became more closely defined and controlled through the conduct of tournaments, laws of war, orders of chivalry, and heraldry.
- The colour of blue on the flag is ‘argent’ as described in heraldry.
- Certainly, heraldry was known and studied in America at the time of the Revolution, as is indicated by the relatively large number of surviving silver and ceramic pieces with heraldic devices on them.
- The well-established obsession of late medieval chivalry with heraldry, orders and tournaments became overwhelmingly apparent.
- In ‘British Dragons’, Jacqueline Simpson gives a brief account of dragons down the ages, from their part in cosmological myth and hero legends to their use in heraldry and folk plays.
- Michel Pastoureau is an authority on medieval heraldry and a professor of history at the Sorbonne.
- That the work may be a student's first introduction to parts of Renaissance culture, including heraldry, however, makes it even more the duty of a scholar - and of a university press - to get the facts right.
- 1.1 Armorial bearings or other heraldic symbols.
the monument shows the heraldry of William Paget Example sentencesExamples - Or are they, as I suspect, just trying to be tough, butch and militaristic by using a symbol that is increasingly finding its way onto military insignias and heraldry?
- An ‘admission to degrees’ day is one of a college's flag-days, so you get to come into college seeing the old heraldry a flutter.
- Little did we know when we started this project how engrossed we would become in the biblical stories, the angels and archangels, the lives of the saints and the history and heraldry of the people of Westbury.
- Medieval heraldry often showed an elephant with a castle on its back.
- The glass icons, loopy reconstructions of classic Catholic heraldry, magically float off the white plush, as if held aloft by pure belief.
- His historical theatre must first of all create an epic dimension, using every resource, not only drums, trumpets, banners, heraldry, and high-sounding words, but the imagination of the audience.
- She immediately saw her father sitting on his favorite chair, the one below the family heraldry, holding a goblet of blood-red wine in his hand.
- Earlier, he dealt with vernacular quotations, including decorative evocations of the cults of American gangsterism and Elvis Presley, and kitsch phenomena such as biker heraldry.
- Mance, a direct descendant of the last leader of the Knights Templar, has heraldry featuring a golden tree surrounded by 12 blue apples.
- At the Milanese court, Leonardo witnessed the use of visual puns in heraldry for Ludovico Sforza, Beatrice d' Este, and her sister, Isabella.
- The chapel in its heraldry is virtually a document of the Tudor/Plantagenet power struggle.
- Here, the portrait was physically attached to the front of the building to announce to all visitors, in a very obvious and even more personal way than the usual heraldry, the ownership of East Harling by the Lovells.
- The pomegranate was part of Catherine of Aragon's coat of arms and was accepted into English heraldry when she married King Henry VIII in 1509.
- Down the street, in the former Kildare Street Club, there is a fine display of Irish coats of arms and heraldry but none of it is really explained or linked to historical places, people or events in any interesting way.
- Her descent partly explains her son's baronial aspirations and his love of his personal heraldry.
- The design also preserves the Army's historic heraldry and lineage.
- Identification was by inscription, heraldry and, later, a rebus.
- The east and south walls are intricately carved with religious symbols and secular heraldry.
- The men who opposed them wore no markings or heraldry to identify them, but their equipment was of a consistently higher quality than would be expected among brigands.
- Some very obvious aspects of the form and design of funeral monuments are hardly touched on in this second chapter, including the architectural framework, the display of heraldry, and the railings around tombs.
Synonyms crest, emblem, heraldic device, coat of arms, armorial bearing, insignia, escutcheon, shield, blazonry - 1.2 Colourful ceremony.
all the pomp and heraldry provided a splendid pageant Example sentencesExamples - On a far lighter note, I just love the pomp and ceremony of all the military parades, heraldry, and regalia.
- These three greatest of events in the history of humanity are alone worthy of such celebrations and glorious heraldry.
- A few weeks since, the young nobleman would have watched in admiration all that magnificent heraldry of the pomp of the storm.
Definition of heraldry in US English: heraldrynounˈherəldrēˈhɛrəldri 1The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated. Example sentencesExamples - Shakespeare was influenced by heraldry both professionally and personally, applying for a coat of arms on behalf of his father, granted in 1596.
- Richard Oliphant, who comes from Skye but was educated in England, was confirmed as Clan Chief by the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh, which adjudicates on matters of heraldry and chivalry - the last permanent court of its kind in Europe.
- The Sunday Herald has learned that after lengthy deliberations, a stunning earlier design, believed to have cost thousands of pounds, was turned down at the last minute because it breached heraldry regulations.
- Elizabeth herself received no formal education, other than in heraldry and how to smile while standing up for hours on end.
- Certainly, heraldry was known and studied in America at the time of the Revolution, as is indicated by the relatively large number of surviving silver and ceramic pieces with heraldic devices on them.
- Michel Pastoureau is an authority on medieval heraldry and a professor of history at the Sorbonne.
- The colour of blue on the flag is ‘argent’ as described in heraldry.
- Thus was generated a moral, religious, and social code, which over the centuries became more closely defined and controlled through the conduct of tournaments, laws of war, orders of chivalry, and heraldry.
- Last year, Susan conducted a three week lecture tour in America to tell the story of Irish heraldry and genealogy and spoke in Boston, New York, Minneapolis and Chicago.
- The well-established obsession of late medieval chivalry with heraldry, orders and tournaments became overwhelmingly apparent.
- Although the system is not perfect, containing minor contradictions and overlaps, it is vastly more efficient than searching for armorials without possessing a comprehensive knowledge of heraldry.
- In ‘British Dragons’, Jacqueline Simpson gives a brief account of dragons down the ages, from their part in cosmological myth and hero legends to their use in heraldry and folk plays.
- The rose is the emblem of England and in heraldry is used as the mark of cadency for a seventh son.
- That the work may be a student's first introduction to parts of Renaissance culture, including heraldry, however, makes it even more the duty of a scholar - and of a university press - to get the facts right.
- My purpose here is to explore the significance of this last assumption within the context of the social ideas and values reflected by heraldry in its early medieval days of vigorous development.
- The first emblems in human history, Paradin argues, were preserved by heraldry and his own work recapitulates this allegorical genealogy.
- Traditionally, a colonel in the British Army would likely be from a high-born, well-known family with documented heraldry and pedigree.
- ‘Gules’ is the traditional name for red in heraldry.
- Now, heraldry is one of the quaint, meaningless traditions that so enthralls anglophiles like myself.
- Such ‘beasts’ were among the earliest icons used in medieval heraldry.
- 1.1 Armorial bearings or other heraldic symbols.
Example sentencesExamples - Medieval heraldry often showed an elephant with a castle on its back.
- Little did we know when we started this project how engrossed we would become in the biblical stories, the angels and archangels, the lives of the saints and the history and heraldry of the people of Westbury.
- The men who opposed them wore no markings or heraldry to identify them, but their equipment was of a consistently higher quality than would be expected among brigands.
- At the Milanese court, Leonardo witnessed the use of visual puns in heraldry for Ludovico Sforza, Beatrice d' Este, and her sister, Isabella.
- Earlier, he dealt with vernacular quotations, including decorative evocations of the cults of American gangsterism and Elvis Presley, and kitsch phenomena such as biker heraldry.
- Down the street, in the former Kildare Street Club, there is a fine display of Irish coats of arms and heraldry but none of it is really explained or linked to historical places, people or events in any interesting way.
- The chapel in its heraldry is virtually a document of the Tudor/Plantagenet power struggle.
- Mance, a direct descendant of the last leader of the Knights Templar, has heraldry featuring a golden tree surrounded by 12 blue apples.
- She immediately saw her father sitting on his favorite chair, the one below the family heraldry, holding a goblet of blood-red wine in his hand.
- An ‘admission to degrees’ day is one of a college's flag-days, so you get to come into college seeing the old heraldry a flutter.
- Identification was by inscription, heraldry and, later, a rebus.
- The glass icons, loopy reconstructions of classic Catholic heraldry, magically float off the white plush, as if held aloft by pure belief.
- Some very obvious aspects of the form and design of funeral monuments are hardly touched on in this second chapter, including the architectural framework, the display of heraldry, and the railings around tombs.
- The design also preserves the Army's historic heraldry and lineage.
- The pomegranate was part of Catherine of Aragon's coat of arms and was accepted into English heraldry when she married King Henry VIII in 1509.
- The east and south walls are intricately carved with religious symbols and secular heraldry.
- His historical theatre must first of all create an epic dimension, using every resource, not only drums, trumpets, banners, heraldry, and high-sounding words, but the imagination of the audience.
- Or are they, as I suspect, just trying to be tough, butch and militaristic by using a symbol that is increasingly finding its way onto military insignias and heraldry?
- Here, the portrait was physically attached to the front of the building to announce to all visitors, in a very obvious and even more personal way than the usual heraldry, the ownership of East Harling by the Lovells.
- Her descent partly explains her son's baronial aspirations and his love of his personal heraldry.
Synonyms crest, emblem, heraldic device, coat of arms, armorial bearing, insignia, escutcheon, shield, blazonry - 1.2 Colorful ceremony.
all the pomp and heraldry provided a splendid pageant Example sentencesExamples - These three greatest of events in the history of humanity are alone worthy of such celebrations and glorious heraldry.
- A few weeks since, the young nobleman would have watched in admiration all that magnificent heraldry of the pomp of the storm.
- On a far lighter note, I just love the pomp and ceremony of all the military parades, heraldry, and regalia.
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