Look up: heraldry


  1. heraldry
    [n] - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies 2. [n] - emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=heraldry

  2. Heraldry
    the system of coats of arms used to identify noble families
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  3. Heraldry
    system of personal identification of knights by means of insignia (COAT ARMOUR, COATS OF ARMS) on shields or standards.
    Found op http://www.msgb.co.uk/glossary.html

  4. heraldry
    Insignia and symbols representing a person, family, or dynasty; the science of armorial bearings. Heraldry originated with simple symbols used on shields and banners for recognition in battle. By...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Heraldry
    Armorial insignia
    Found op http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#5

  6. Heraldry
    Her'ald·ry noun 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/35

  7. heraldry
    noun emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heraldry

  8. heraldry
    noun the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heraldry



  1. Heraldry
    • (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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/heraldry/

  2. heraldry
    the science and the art that deal with the use, display, and regulation of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals, armies, ... [4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/39

  3. Heraldry
    Heraldry is the science of a herald's duties, or more commonly the knowledge of the forms, terms and laws which pertain to the use of armorial bearings or coats of arms.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/UH.HTM

  4. Heraldry
    Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander". The word, in its most general sens...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry

  5. heraldry
    rules controlling use by nobleman regarding patterns used on flags, armor, and shields
    Found op http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossary.htm

  6. heraldry
    heraldry, system in which inherited symbols, or devices, called charges are displayed on a shield, or escutcheon, for the purpose of identifying individuals or families. In the Middle Ages the herald, often a tournament official, had to recognize men by their shields; thus he became an authority on ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0823433.html

  7. heraldry
    Insignia and symbols representing a person, family, or dynasty; the science of armorial bearings. Heraldry originated with simple symbols used on shields and banners for recognition in battle. By the 14th century, it had become a complex pictorial language with its own regulatory bodies (courts o......
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022434.html

  8. heraldry
    1) Coat-of-arms science 2) Enquiry 3) Inquiry 4) Research 5) Subject of armorial bearings
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/heraldry/1

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