blazoningn.
/ˈbleɪzənɪŋ/ 1. The art of describing heraldic devices.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [noun] > art of describing heraldic devices
blazingc1440
blazure1523
emblazon1562
emblazure1562
blazoninga1581
emblature1606
blazon1610
blazonry1622
a1581 E. Campion Hist. Ireland in Two Hist. Irel. (1633) i. x. 32 His skill in blasoning [ed. 1963 blasinge] of armes.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. ii. 6 In Blazoning you must vse an aduised deliberation before you enter therunto.
2.
a. The painting of heraldic devices; concrete a heraldic device.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [noun] > painting of heraldic bearings
blazoninga1649
society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > emblem or device
signc1300
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remembrancea1470
posya1565
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emblem1616
impressa1628
notado1647
impressa1656
blazoning1828
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 185 Without the Bar in the Blazoning of his Arms.
1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 321 On the shield of Prince Henry..there is no appearance of any heraldic blazoning.
1866 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxviii, in Monthly Packet July 10 Subtleties, representing Catherine's patron Saint, blazonings, or her motto and Henry's.
b. = ‘Illuminating’.
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society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [noun] > manuscript illumination
limningc1485
miniaturea1660
alluminating1775
blazoning1843
illumination1856
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. v. 80 The blazoning of missals.
3. The action of proclaiming or publishing.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun]
bodingc1000
proclamationa1325
announcingc1450
pronunciationc1455
nunciationc1460
proclaim1461
announcement1512
blazoning1533
denouncement1544
denunciation1548
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exclamation1602
predication1618
pronounce1641
preconization1650
predicature1653
denounce1704
preconizance1719
annunciatinga1729
annonce1775
announce1779
blazonment1876
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome ii. 202 The blasoning and predicacioun of his luffing.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. vii. 243 Be not so large in the blazoning of your due obedience.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
blazoningadj.
That paints or describes heraldic devices.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [adjective] > describing or painting heraldic arms
blazoning1864
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 814 Man is a blazoning animal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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