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Definition of Alerion
1. Noun. (heraldry) A heraldic eagle, especially one depicted without legs and beak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alerion
1. in heraldry, an eagle displayed without feet or beak [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alerion
Literary usage of Alerion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use by John Vinycomb (1906)
"... stating that the alerion alerion displayed. Heraldic Eagle. is the same bird
with its wings displayed or extended. They are first found in the arms of ..."
2. Grammaire de la langue d'oïl: ou, Grammaire des dialectes français au XIIe by Georges Frédéric Burguy (1870)
"alerion ne peut se rapporter à aigle, aquila. car on ne saurait supposer que le
ga été syncopé, et, cela même accordé, la forme alerion serait encore ..."
3. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"... and he directs attention to " a similarity in sound between ' alerion ' and
... also to a singular Anagram produced by the letters alerion and LORAINE, ..."
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