heraldic

adj

heraldic

adj

Etymology From herald + -ic; probably modelled on French héraldique.

1

Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds.

  • a heraldic device
  • That ceiling was covered with square compartments, each filled with strange figures, flowers, fruit, heraldic devices—all blazoned in the richest colours,...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 113:
Derived terms
heraldically, nonheraldic, unheraldic

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