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Definition of Heraldic
1. Adjective. Indicative of or announcing something to come. "The Beatles were heraldic of a new style of music"
2. Adjective. Of or relating to heraldry.
Definition of Heraldic
1. a. Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
Definition of Heraldic
1. Adjective. (heraldry) of, or relating to heraldry or heralds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heraldic
1. pertaining to heraldry [adj] - See also: heraldry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heraldic
Literary usage of Heraldic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"Gloucester, 1793, 4° [This contains biographical sketches of heraldic authors
... heraldic and Ornamental, for Carriage Work. Collection of Drawings. ..."
2. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"Rolls of Arms, Official heraldic Records, &c. Earliest heraldic Shields and Banners.
... The heraldic evidence of Seals is necessarily of the highest order. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"heraldic CHARLATANERIE. MR. URBAN, Tis a great pity such a noble science as that of
... heraldic devices have been called the hall-marks of nobility, ..."
4. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"The name " lind-worm " is given to a wyvern without wings (hence the Linton Worm
and the Laidley Worm FIG. 20.—The heraldic basilisk, also called the ..."
5. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"heraldic SCIENCE. The fabled Origin of Armorial Bearings.—heraldic Science during
the Feudal Period.—The First Armorial Bearings in the Eleventh and Twelfth ..."
6. English Book-plates: Ancient and Modern by Egerton ( Castle (1894)
"... the term " symbolic" has seemed to me more suitable. In any case a division
on these lines is to some extent practical. heraldic-ALLEGORIC. ..."
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