blazonry

American  

[bley-zuhn-ree] / ˈbleɪ zən ri /

noun

1. brilliant decoration or display.

   The wedding had all the blazonry of a coronation.

2. Heraldry.

   1. the act or technique of describing coats of arms.

   2. a coat, or coats, of arms.

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blazonry British  

/ ˈbleɪzənrɪ /

noun

1. the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form

2. heraldic arms collectively

3. colourful or ostentatious display

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Etymology

Origin of blazonry

First recorded in 1615–25; blazon + -ry

Example Sentences

If this natural impulse to live after physical death cannot be relied upon, then life itself is a myth and the starry blazonry of the midnight sky is a flaunting lie.

From Time Magazine Archive

We must further see in the picture of a fourteenth-century battle great blazonry.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire

The styles of blazonry admit of classification like those of Gothic Architecture.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

"Well, we can do nothing; it can't be helped, I suppose?" said Miss Margaret, looking down very sadly on her medi�val blazonry.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Being damned by Hengstenberg, In his grave no peace he finds, So with pagan blazonry Gallops down the chase of Life.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich