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Definition of Armorial
1. Adjective. Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms. "Armorial bearing"
Definition of Armorial
1. a. Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
Definition of Armorial
1. Adjective. of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms ¹
2. Noun. a book etc concerning heraldry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armorial
1. a treatise on heraldry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armorial
Literary usage of Armorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"The fabled Origin of armorial Bearings.—Heraldic Science during the Feudal
Period.—The First armorial Bearings in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. ..."
2. Old Picture Books: Words of Good Counsel on the Choice and Use of Books by James Baldwin, Oakland Free Library, Alfred William Pollard (1902)
"By the side of his thousands of bookplates these three hundred or so old books
with armorial stamps on their covers are a merely subsidiary collection, ..."
3. Ladies' Book-plates: An Illustrated Handbook for Collectors and Book-lovers by Norna Labouchere (1895)
"armorial; lozenge suspended from bow of ribbon. Lady Trefusis. armorial. TRELAWNY.
... armorial; shield and motto, 2 crests placed one above the other. ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Cash or Canonbury. exchange for others HF, 7, Alwyne Villas, Richardson's armorial
Bearings, Inscriptions, &c, in Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, 1820. ..."
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