armorial bearings
1armorial bearings — plural noun The design in a coat of arms • • • Main Entry: ↑armour * * * armorial bearings, a coat or coats of arms; heraldic devices …
2Armorial bearings — Armorial Ar*mo ri*al, a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See {Arms}, {Armory}.] Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a… …
3armorial bearings — /armoriyal beritjz/ In English law, a device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry …
4armorial bearings — /armoriyal beritjz/ In English law, a device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry …
5armorial bearings — /aˌmɔriəl ˈbɛərɪŋz/ (say ah.mawreeuhl bairringz) plural noun a coat of arms …
6Armorial — Ar*mo ri*al, a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See {Arms}, {Armory}.] Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.… …
7armorial ensign — ▪ heraldry heraldic symbol carried on a flag or shield. The term is much misunderstood because of the popular use of ensign as a generic term for flag. A grant of arms or a matriculation (registration of armorial bearings) may in its text… …
8bearings — Synonyms and related words: abode, accommodation, achievement, adaptation, adjustment, alerion, alignment, animal charge, annulet, area, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, aspect, attitude, azimuth, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton …
9armorial — a. pertaining to or bearing heraldic arms. ♦ armorial bearings, coat of arms …
10armorial — /ahr mawr ee euhl, mohr /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to heraldry or heraldic bearings. 2. bearing a coat or coats of arms: a set of armorial china. n. 3. a book containing heraldic bearings and devices. [1570 80; ARMORY + AL1] * * * …
