armorial
Speech parts
1. armorial - Noun
2. armorial - Adjective
Meaning
Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
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Examples
Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Front with thy ranks the threatening seas Like thine own proud armorial trees, Carolina! Fling down thy gauntlet to the Huns, And roar the challenge from thy guns; Then leave the future to thy sons, Carolina!
armorial bearing
Any member of the society may apply to register a name and device for their persona, which are checked by the heralds for uniqueness and period authenticity, before being blazoned and recorded in the society's Armorial.
The jewellery's worth was estimated to 20 million Swedish krona (about 2.6 million US dollars). citation Heraldry For a detailed armorial, see here: Armorial of House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp-Russie, surnamed Romanov.
One of the famous armorials is the Gelre Armorial or Wapenboek, written between 1370 and 1414.
Latin heraldry is known for extensive use of quartering, because of armorial inheritance via the male and the female lines.