purpure

American  

[pur-pyoor] / ˈpɜr pyʊər /

noun

1. the tincture or color purple.

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adjective

1. of the tincture or color purple.

purpure British  

/ ˈpɜːpjʊə /

noun

1. (usually postpositive) heraldry purple

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Etymology

Origin of purpure

before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin purpura purple

Example Sentences

For he must sitte in a chayer clothed in purpure/ crowned on his heed in his ryght hand a ceptre and in the lyfte hande an apple of gold/.

From Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by Caxton, William

Or, a pale purpure, flory and counter flory gules.

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

Or, a chief, purpure, in the lower part a fillet, azure.

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

Combined with sable it typifies constancy in all things, particularly in love; with vert, a joyful possession of riches; and with purpure a friendly feeling even towards enemies.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

He opens his intention of improving, by the classical graces of composition, the rude labours of our ancestors; for, “Except Truth be delicately clothed in purpure, her written verytees can scant find a reader.”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac