emblazonry

American  

[em-bley-zuhn-ree] / ɛmˈbleɪ zən ri /

noun

1. the act or art of emblazoning; heraldic decoration.

2. brilliant representation or embellishment.

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emblazonry British  

/ ɪmˈbleɪzənrɪ /

noun

1. another name for blazonry

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Etymology

Origin of emblazonry

First recorded in 1660–70; em- ¹ + blazonry

Example Sentences

And wherever the flag comes, and men behold it, they see in its sacred emblazonry no rampant lion and fierce eagle, but only light, and every fold significant of liberty.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.

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 Shepherd, J. Clinton

And it would be injurious to spend words in emblazonry of that which, by a spontaneous movement, both sides of the House received with volleying cheers.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

A word that signifies wounded, used in emblazonry to denote an animal wounded by another creature.

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

This mosaic, when seen by daylight, would no doubt have disclosed to the sight, with much emblazonry and many colours, a gigantic coat-of-arms, in the Florentine fashion.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor