armorial
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of or relating to heraldry or heraldic bearings.
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bearing a coat or coats of arms.
a set of armorial china.
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From BBC • May 29, 2011
In the Chamber, princes, nawabs, rajas and maharajas sat under their painted armorial shields, fingering their silky beards, their brocaded turbans, their jeweled necklaces, delighted that the Viceroy had revived this ceremony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite the fact that services of armorial Lowestoft of that size are as rare as fragments of the True Cross, Dealer Cloran believed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The practice, in spite of a certain convenience, has been disastrous in its cramping effects on armorial art, especially when applied to seals and coins.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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