Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Nothing perhaps, as Noble observes, injured the Heralds’ College more than this shameful tribunal, which proceeded to fine and imprisonment for mere words spoken against the gentility of the plaintiff.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Shakespeare’s coat-of-arms and motto, which are stamped on the cover of this volume, are copied from the trickings in the margin of the draft-grants of arms now in the Heralds’ College.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir
"I've told you already, not being in the know of the Heralds' College, I'm not in a position to say anything about it."
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Sir James Ross had a rod and flag signifying "Magnetic Pole," given to him for a new crest, by the Heralds' College, for which he was no doubt greatly the better.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
The pedigree of it may be commended to the examination of the Heralds' College.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
