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Definition of Coat of arms

1. Noun. The official symbols of a family, state, etc..

Definition of Coat of arms

1. Noun. (heraldry) hereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coat Of Arms

Literary usage of Coat of arms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"poet's intervention.1 He made application to the College of Heralds for ^ coat-of-arms.2 Then, as now, the heralds when bestowing new coats-of-arms commonly ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"A widow is only entitled to bear her late husband's coat of arms if her own family is likewise entitled to bear arms; otherwise she would have no shield to ..."

3. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"THE NORWEGIAN coat of arms The Norwegian coat of arms, which consists of a golden lion with crown and battle-ax in a red shield, was thought to have ..."

4. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1900)
"It is the record of a coat-of- arms granted by Sigismund Bathori, Prince of Transylvania, The entry " to John Smith, captain of 250 soldiers, etc . ..."

5. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1885)
"In his will occurs the PRESENT ARMS. coat of arms. * I)uring the time of the fifth lord, the family coat of arms was changed, ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... and " Rosenkreutz " to his coat of arms, a St. Andrew's cross, gules, between four roses, gules, ..."

7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Since that time the British coat of arms in its full form has consisted of the shield wit-h four fields, two occupied with the golden leopards of England, ..."

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