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Heraldry - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Heraldry : (noun)
1: the study and classification of armorial bearings and the
tracing of genealogies
2: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Heraldry : \Her"ald*ry\, n.
The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science
of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns
armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and
public ceremonies.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HERALDRY, civil and canon law. The art or office of a herald. It is the art,
practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns
armorial. It also teaches whatever relates to the marshaling of cavalcades,
processions, and other public ceremonies. Encyc.; Ridley's View of the Civil
and Canon Law, pt. 2, c. 1, Sec. 6.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Heraldry |
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EdwinCrump: just bought a the encyclopaedia of flags and Heraldry. See you in a couple of months |
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jeremyallan: A beautiful day in the basement of the library: not a window in sight, but a stack of books on Heraldry & the new collected Eavan Boland! |
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FordLawnmower: In Heraldry, a two-legged dragon with wings and a barbed tail is a "wyvern." |
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