armorial

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162. The Dolphin, borne by GILES DE FISHBOURNE (H. 3), and afterwards introduced into several English Shields, is best known as the armorial ensign of the DAUPHIN, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Kings of France, who bore, marshalled with the arms of FRANCE--_Or, a Dolphin az.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms.
  2. noun A book or treatise on heraldry.

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  • 162. The Dolphin, borne by GILES DE FISHBOURNE (H. 3), and afterwards introduced into several English Shields, is best known as the armorial ensign of the DAUPHIN, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Kings of France, who bore, marshalled with the arms of FRANCE--_Or, a Dolphin az. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • True armorial or heraldic bearings, duly granted or inherited, and rightly borne: so entitled, from having been depicted by warriors of the Middle Ages upon their surcoats_, worn by them over their armour Coat of Arms. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Probably it does not occur to the patrons of advertising Heraldry-dealers, that upon precisely the same principle every person who has the same “name and county” with any officer who may be “found” in the Navy or the Army List, might assert a right to whatever rank and title such an officer may enjoy by virtue of his commission The almost universal desire to possess some kind of armorial insignia, implies a corresponding recognition of the necessity to obtain them from some Institution or Personage, supposed to be competent and authorised both to determine what they should be, and to impart a right to accept and to assume and bear them. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • It is a biographical work, devoted to the great men who flourished during the Pontificate of Urban VIII., whose family carried bees on their coat-armorial. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
  • 407.).--The families which bore three Dane-axes or battle-axes in their coats armorial were very numerous in ancient times. —  Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
 

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  1. From Middle English armorie, arms, from Old French armeurerie, from armeure, armor; see armor.

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  1. =F. armorial; from armory + -al.
 

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/ɑrˈmoʊriəl/
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