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

Lord Squib's emblazonry was a satire on its owner.

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

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 indicative of liberty.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

After a glance at the old, lumbering State carriage of Bonaparte, with its faded, gilded trappings and armorial emblazonry, we haste away to view something else.

From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.

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

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 Wilson, John