heraldic
[he-ral-dik, huh-]
- of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
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Origin of heraldic
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Mr. Nichols takes exception to Favine as an heraldic authority.
The third class, the heraldic bards, was the most influential of all.
A Popular History of the Art of MusicW. S. B. Mathews
Heraldic compositions, and the Figures and Devices which form them.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
Blazonry—the representation of any heraldic Figure, Device, or Composition.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
Having seeds or seed-vessels, as in the centre of an heraldic rose.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
heraldic
- of or relating to heraldry
- of or relating to heralds
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Word Origin and History for heraldic
adj.
1772, on model of French héraldique (15c.), from Medieval Latin heraldus (see herald).
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