armorial
Americanadjective
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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
In their stalls are placed brass plates of their armorial insignia, and above are suspended their banners, swords, and helmets; beneath the stalls are seats for the esquires.
From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous
The compiler of the British Museum catalogue of medieval armorial seals, and others equally unfamiliar with medieval armory, invariably describe this position as “rampant,” seeing no distinction from other rampings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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