heraldry
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The B-52s are heading to the UK in June, as part of their ever-extending farewell tour, and Pierson is using the trip as an excuse to indulge her fascination with British heraldry.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
As the remaining spellers dwindled, Shradha was given “orle,” a heraldry term that means several small charges arranged to form a border within the edge of a field.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
Their instantly recognizable horn-heavy heraldry inspires global goose bumps in an internationally understood language, and I’m as helpless against their peals and charms as I am against, say, Rave Horse.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021
That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing heraldry
Six Crimson Cranes
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The Horse and His Boy
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, Act 3
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