emblazonry
Americannoun
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the act or art of emblazoning; heraldic decoration.
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brilliant representation or embellishment.
noun
Etymology
Origin of emblazonry
Example Sentences
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So transparent was the air, washed by the fog and vivified by the sun, that I could decipher the color pattern of his shield emblazonry: a checkerboard of red and black.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
There, amid the gorgeous emblazonry, shall be read their names, their academic year, their battles.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
In a few hours he produced what I am assured was the most splendid and gorgeous national emblazonry that ever sparkled behind footlights.
From The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' by Harold Begbie
You must come to-morrow and see my grand emblazonry of the Ratcliffe and Armine coats; I mean it for the gallery.'
From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
But touching that grave is a Marble Monument, white almost as the very snow, and, in the midst of the emblazonry of death, adorned with the armorial bearings belonging to a family of the high-born.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
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