heraldry
/ˈhɛɹ.əl.dɹi/
heraldry noun: the profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
Noun
heraldry (countable and uncountable, plural heraldries)
- The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.
- The ordered system of symbols which we know as heraldry came into being in the twelfth century to meet a military need. These symbols were emblazoned on shields, surcoats and fighting flags, and served as an invaluable means of identification when the features were obscured by the great helm.1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 476
- An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- Pageantry.
- Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry.
heraldry meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
heraldry in Tamil
- மரபுச் சின்னவியல், அரசர், குறுநில மன்னர்கள், பிரபுக்கள் ஆகியோரின் பதாகைகள், மரபுச் சின்னங்கள் ஆகியவற்றின் தோற்றம், வடிவமைப்பு
heraldry in Urdu
- علم نقابت, نقابت
heraldry in Kannada
- ವಂಶಲಾಂಛನ ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ವಂಶಲಾಂಛನ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ವೈಭವದ ಪ್ರವೇಶ, ವಂಶಲಾಂಛನಗಳು
heraldry in Arabic
- the profession of devising and blazoning arms
- عِلْم شِعَارات النَبَالَة ʕilm šiʕārāt an-nabāla
More languagesFewer languages
- heraldry in Indonesian
- perbentaraan
- heraldry in Persian
- نشانشناسی nešân-šenâsi
- heraldry in Thai
- มุทราศาสตร์ mudra-sàat
- heraldry in Vietnamese
- huy hiệu học
Examples of heraldry in a sentence
- Male gryphons were quite rare — what were they called in heraldry?
- Party - in ancient heraldry, the word party, used alone, implied a palewise division of the field.
- In heraldry, the cranes most often were presented as in vigilance.
Forms of heraldry
| plural | heraldries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | heraldy |
Origin of heraldry
From herald + -ry. First attested in 1572. Displaced earlier heraldy, equivalent to herald + -y.
Questions about heraldry
- What does heraldry mean?
- Heraldry means the profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- What is heraldry in Tamil?
- Heraldry in Tamil is மரபுச் சின்னவியல், அரசர், குறுநில மன்னர்கள். See Heraldry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is heraldry?
- Heraldry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce heraldry?
- Heraldry is pronounced /ˈhɛɹ.əl.dɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of heraldry?
- The plural of heraldry is heraldries.
Words near heraldry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heraldry (page history and authors); heraldry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heraldry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heraldry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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