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emblazonment

American  
[em-bley-zuhn-muhnt] / ɛmˈbleɪ zən mənt /

noun

  1. the act of emblazoning.

  2. something that is emblazoned.


Etymology

Origin of emblazonment

First recorded in 1790–1800; emblazon + -ment

Example Sentences

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Or when he signed off on the emblazonment of “I’m the Woman to Blame” across a Tervis tumbler.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2018

This led to many awkward results, as when the art of printing is placed by the side of orthography as a subdivision of Logic, to which also is given the art of heraldry or emblazonment.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley

He was by this time ashamed of the emblazonment of his poetic effort upon the cliff.

From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Lily Dougall

Each quarter of the city had an emperor, lords, and dignitaries, each of whom carried his banner or emblazonment.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Flora Kendrick

Christmas is the friendly human announcement of this ghostly truth; its holly and boar's-head are but a rough-and-tumble emblazonment of that mystic gospel of—The Three Words; the Gospel of the Unseen Love.

From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne

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