emblazonment

[ em-bley-zuhn-muhnt ]

/ ɛmˈbleɪ zən mənt /

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noun

something that is emblazoned.

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Origin of emblazonment

First recorded in 1790–1800; emblazon + -ment

Words nearby emblazonment

embiotocid, embitter, Embla, emblaze, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, emblem, emblematic, emblematist, emblematize

How to use emblazonment in a sentence

Indeed they are seldom, if ever, to be found in heraldic emblazonment.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Seest thou how the twin plumes straighten on his crest, and his father's own emblazonment already marks him for upper air?
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil
He was by this time ashamed of the emblazonment of his poetic effort upon the cliff.
The Mermaid|Lily Dougall
Beyond the shore floated the long canoe, with its curving ends and its emblazonment of the five-pointed stars.
Conjuror's House|Stewart Edward White

It was the art of heraldic emblazonment which ignored the practical details, that first copied the wing from nature.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies