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heraldy

heraldy is the alternative form of heraldry.

Meaning of heraldry

Noun

heraldry (countable and uncountable, plural heraldries)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
  3. (uncountable) Pageantry.
    • Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry.

Forms of heraldy

pluralheraldies

Origin of heraldy

From Middle English heraldie, herialte, from Middle French hiraudie; equivalent to herald + -y.

Questions about heraldy

What is heraldy the alternative form of?
Heraldy is the alternative form of heraldry.

Words near heraldy in the dictionary

  1. heraldries
  2. heraldry
  3. heralds
  4. heraldship
  5. heraldships
  6. heraldy
  7. Heramba
  8. Herandez
  9. Herandezes
  10. Herapath
  11. herapathite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heraldy (page history and authors); heraldry (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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