armorial
/ɑːˈmɔːrɪəl
/adjective
Relating to heraldry or heraldic devices: armorial bearings...
- With the increasing realism of later medieval art, windows begin to include many details of daily life, and their donors are commemorated by being depicted in contemporary dress, or by the inclusion of their armorial bearings.
- Rommel presented, together with Giovianni Rovazzani, a beautiful copy of the armorial bearings of the city of Porto Recanati and some illustrated books of the city and its region.
- Taxes on hats, dice, clocks, salt, hair powder, gloves, artificial flowers, menservants, game certificates and armorial bearings have also been used in the past.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French armoierie (see armoury).
Rhymes
- roundly
- roundman
- round meal
- round-mouth
- round-mouthed
- round-neck
- round-necked
- roundness
- round-nose
- round-nosed
- roundnose grenadier
- round-number
- round O
- round-off
- round on
- round (or around) the bend
- round (or around) the clock
- round-out
- round-paned
- round potato
- round radish
- round ridging
- round ringing
- round robin
- round robineer