heraldically
Per coat-of-arms style
In a manner relating to heraldry—the system of armorial bearings, coats of arms, and the rules governing their design and display.
The term appears in formal descriptions of emblems and their arrangement: The shield is heraldically divided into quarters.
It also describes things evocative of medieval pageantry: heraldically decorated banners.
Decorated with heraldic symbols
- quarteredDivided into four sections
- displayedPresented for observation
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
- couchantLying with head lifted
argent · azure · sable · vert · or · proper · sinister · dexter
Handheld defensive armor
- crestHighest point or tuft
- mottoGuiding behavioral phrase
- supportersPeople who back something
- mantlingHeraldic helmet drapery
helm · coronet · achievement · lozenge · cartouche · tincture · ordinary · charge
Of hereditary emblems
- crestedBearing a head tuft
- chargedFormally accused of crime
- bearingPosture or orientation
- impaledPierced through forcibly
marshalled · differenced · cadenced · attributed · granted · assumed · inherited · ancestral
emblazoned
Decorated with heraldic symbols
- quarteredDivided into four sections
- displayedPresented for observation
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
couchant · argent · azure · sable · vert · or · proper · sinister · dexter · chief
shield
Handheld defensive armor
- crestHighest point or tuft
- mottoGuiding behavioral phrase
- supportersPeople who back something
mantling · helm · coronet · achievement · lozenge · cartouche · tincture · ordinary · charge · device
armorial
Of hereditary emblems
impaled · marshalled · differenced · cadenced · attributed · granted · assumed · inherited · ancestral · dynastic
heraldicallycolloquially
In casual speech
informally · casually · vernacularly · plainly · commonly
heraldicallyliterally
In exact terms
plainly · unadorned · simply · realistically · naturalistically
heraldicallygenerically
In a nonspecific manner
ordinarily · prosaically · mundanely · unscientifically · nontechnically