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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

A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.

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

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

Mrs. Ricketts herself placed in the midst, her fair proportions gracefully disposed in a chair whose embroidery displayed all the quarterings and emblazonment of her family for centuries back.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James