emblazonry

[ em-bley-zuhn-ree ]
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noun
  1. the act or art of emblazoning; heraldic decoration.

  2. brilliant representation or embellishment.

Origin of emblazonry

1
First recorded in 1660–70; em-1 + blazonry

Words Nearby emblazonry

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How to use emblazonry in a sentence

  • You must come to-morrow and see my grand emblazonry of the Ratcliffe and Armine coats; I mean it for the gallery.'

    Henrietta Temple | Benjamin Disraeli
  • A word that signifies wounded, used in emblazonry to denote an animal wounded by another creature.

  • Some, as Austria, instead of one Eagle, adopt two as their allusive emblazonry.

    Reptiles and Birds | Louis Figuier
  • In quiet but vigilant emblazonry, it seemed to stand apart, like some far back member of the family in whose pride it shared.

    St. Cuthbert's | Robert E. Knowles
  • Many of them were well carved in wood, and ornamented with emblazonry and gilding.

    Ten Thousand Wonderful Things | Edmund Fillingham King

British Dictionary definitions for emblazonry

emblazonry

/ (ɪmˈbleɪzənrɪ) /


noun
  1. another name for blazonry

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