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emblazonment

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[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

And shall I count it unworthy to pass these few in-door hours of rain in the emblazonment of their titles?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

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

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

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 Morley, John

For banners, pennons, guidons, cyphers, hatchments, &c., and all other matters where heraldic emblazonment is used in funeral processions, the reader is referred to the Dictionary.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

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