blazonry
Example Sentences
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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
I missed the Latin, the blazonry, and the sounding detail of public service so often seen spread over every inch of crumbling old tombstones.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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 John Roby
Directly in front of the corpse Chingachgook was placed, without arms, paint, or adornment of any sort, except the bright blue blazonry of his race, that was indelibly impressed on his naked bosom.
From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
The styles of blazonry admit of classification like those of Gothic Architecture.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
