Noun : The wedding had all the blazonry of a coronation. From Dictionary.com.
Philippe, son of France, take your place on that bed; Philippe, sole king of France, resume the blazonry which is yours!. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"] Reference
As I am entitled to quarter his coat, I should be glad to know the correct blazonry. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851] Reference
And his having the blazonry changed, from the sword-and-atom symbol to the blue crescent. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking]
It is a touch of nature that affects one more than all the blazonry and sculpture around. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
The fine exterior of St. George's is more than matched by the carving and blazonry of the interior. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
The vegetables and the fruits, the blazonry of autumn, are of course ignored from this point of view. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
It spoils their sepulchral monuments, -- as the old heralds tore the armorial blazonry from plebeian tombs. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Over the steep roof at the other side spread on the dark azure of the night this glorious blazonry of the unfathomable Creator. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
The walls were covered with paintings chiefly relating to the exploits of the lords of Hers, or filled up with heraldic blazonry. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Completely worn out at last with his restless striding to and fro, he falls into the old state chair with its broidered blazonry and gilt escutcheons. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"B.O. W. C." floated on high, with its blazonry of a skull, which now, worn by time, looked more than ever like the face of some mild, venerable, and paternal monitor. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The blazonry of the huge escutcheon met and returned the rays with as brilliant a reflection as that lugubrious object was capable of, and the whole apartment looked with. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Dangerous] Reference
Both Burmen were tattooed over breast and shoulders with a glorious blazonry of red -- a decoration performed with religious rites as a protection against 'evil spirits.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
“You are going to court, Master Tressilian,” said he; “you will please remember that your blazonry must be Argent and Or — no other tinctures will pass current.”. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
Renaissance era, abound in every variety of armorial blazonry. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
"I understand one sort of blazonry as well as another," answered. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
He knew by the blazonry displayed that the champion was not of the. From Wordnik.com. [Legends of Charlemagne] Reference
Supporters; and, in some cases, they take a part in the blazonry of. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
Tressure that is so well known in the blazonry of the Royal Shield of. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
After a little, an aircar with the blue crescent blazonry lifted and sped away. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking] Reference
And his having the blazonry changed, from the sword and atom-symbol to the blue crescent. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking] Reference
Hyperbius, in accordance with its blazonry, may Jove that is on his shield become a savior. From Wordnik.com. [Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes] Reference
All these Shields would be repetitions of the same blazonry of France and England quarterly: Nos. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
Heraldic blazonry was highly esteemed in the Middle Ages as a becoming decoration for PERSONAL COSTUME. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
No. 46, is occasionally used for the display of armorial blazonry; or a circle is substituted for such an oval. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
Philippe, son of France, take your place on that bed; Philippe, sole king of France, resume the blazonry that is yours!. From Wordnik.com. [The Man in the Iron Mask] Reference
"It were injustice to ask a disciple of the worthy College of Arms at Ratisbon if he comprehendeth the common terms of blazonry," said. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
It is charged azure, with four rampant golden leopards; only the half of the shield appears, consequently all its blazonry is not visible. From Wordnik.com. [Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre] Reference
The sheen of their blazonry gleamed bright in the darkness, as if to herald to his last home another of the line whose achievements it displayed. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
She saw a large, empty, shadowy play-house, still redolent of the perfumes and blazonry of the night, and notable for its rich, oriental appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
In early examples of bowed Shields the whole of the armorial blazonry is sometimes displayed on the face of that portion of the Shield which is shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
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