Definition of "armorial" []

• Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms. (adjective)
• A book or treatise on heraldry. (noun)

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• "It is not probable that Turchil, the last Saxon Earl of Warwick, bore anything that might be strictly called armorial bearings."
• "The Dolphin, borne by GILES DE FISHBOURNE (H.  3), and afterwards introduced into several English Shields, is best known as the armorial ensign of the DAUPHIN, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Kings of France, who bore, marshalled with the arms of FRANCE -- _Or, a Dolphin az."
• "There is no need to suppose that each of the brethren had a zodiacal figure already assigned to him as a kind of armorial bearing or device."