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
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His robes became him fiercely, and the blazonry of his colors even frightened her a little.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 by Various
To his mental vision these things will conjure pictures—a panorama of rites and ceremonials—of altar and incense, with all the splendid costume and blazonry of the Judean king.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Concerning beasts and monsters the heraldry books have many adjectives of blazonry which may be disregarded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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 Cooper, James Fenimore