delphinal
adj/ˈdɛlfɪnəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin delphīnālis, from delphīnus + -ālis.
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Of or relating to a dauphin
- This attribution of the arms to 1456–61 was strengthened by the circumstance that from 1461 onwards until the death of Duke Philip, in 1467, the portrayal of the delphinal shield would have lacked point, there having been no Dauphin between Louis XI’s accession, in 1461, and the birth of his son Charles in 1470.1911, Hispano-Moresque Ware of the Fifteenth Century, page 34:
- In Dauphiné the situation was more ambiguous. Guy Allard, writing in 1700, listed 67 noble houses with filiations dating from the delphinal period, that is, from before the mid-fourteenth century incorporation into France.1962, Robe and Sword, page 130:
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- He holds the delphinal crown, rather like a toy, wears the Saint-Esprit over his white gown, and points out of the frame, as if emphasizing an argument.2017, Jennifer G. Germann, Picturing Marie Leszczinska (1703–1768): Representing Queenship in Eighteenth-Century France, page 104: