blazonry
Coat of arms
Blazonry is the art of describing or depicting coats of arms according to heraldic rules.
The term covers both the formal language used to specify shield designs and the visual representation itself.
By extension, blazonry can mean any brilliant or colorful display: the blazonry of autumn leaves, the blazonry of a peacock's tail.
Shield bearing heraldry
- tinctureHerb steeped in alcohol
- fieldArea of specialty
- chargeCost or accusation
- ordinariesFixed-price public meals
fess · chevron · bend · saltire · pale · quartering · marshalling · mantling
Handheld defensive armor
- crestHighest point or tuft
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- insigniaDistinguishing mark of rank
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
sigil · ensign · pennon · standard · arms · bearing · impalement · lozenge
Elaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
enthronement · proclamation · procession · fanfare · herald · tabard · trumpet · tournament
System of noble ranks
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
pedigree · birthright · succession · titles · lordship · noblesse · rank · precedence
escutcheon
Shield bearing heraldry
ordinaries · fess · chevron · bend · saltire · pale · quartering · marshalling · mantling · supporters
shield
Handheld defensive armor
device · sigil · ensign · pennon · standard · arms · bearing · impalement · lozenge · helm
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
coronation · enthronement · proclamation · procession · fanfare · herald · tabard · trumpet · tournament · joust
peerage
System of noble ranks
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · pedigree · birthright · succession · titles · lordship · noblesse · rank · precedence · ennoblement
blazonryplain language
Easily understood communication
vernacular · colloquial speech · everyday language · layman's terms · plain speech
blazonryplainness
Unadorned, straightforward quality
simplicity · austerity · starkness · minimalism · bareness
emblazon, blazon, blazoned, emblazoned, blazoning, emblazoning