armorial
pronunciation
How to pronounce armorial in British English:
UK [ɑ:ˈmɔ:riəl]
How to pronounce armorial in American English:
US [ɑrˈmɔriəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
Word Origin
- armorial (adj.)
- 1570s, from armory + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Armorial ensigns or similar insignia .
- 2. A branch of knowledge dealing with the history and description in proper terms of armorial bearings and their accessories .
- 3. These animals were the real thing all right , but they were also armorial devices-symbols of the countryside and lifeblood of the earth in which they were rooted .
- 4. Until coming to the broad , flat , armorial tombstone of a departed worthy -- perhaps of isaac johnson himself -- she began to dance upon it .
- 5. All around , there were monuments carved with armorial bearings ; and on this simple slab of slate -- as the curious investigator may still discern , and perplex himself with the purport -- there appeared the semblance of an engraved escutcheon .