blazonry

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If this natural impulse to live after physical death cannot be relied upon, then life itself is a myth and the starry blazonry of the midnight sky is a flaunting lie.

From Time Magazine Archive

The styles of blazonry admit of classification like those of Gothic Architecture.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

"Well, we can do nothing; it can't be helped, I suppose?" said Miss Margaret, looking down very sadly on her medi�val blazonry.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

When I drew for her a portrait of the Earl of Dunmore in all his proper blazonry, she only smiled and set her lips tight to her teeth.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Once, when out of the reach of any work of reference, he was completely at fault for the blazonry of a particular banner, used five hundred years ago.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John