purpure

American  

[pur-pyoor] / ˈpɜr pyʊər /

noun

1. the tincture or color purple.

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adjective

1. of the tincture or color purple.

purpure British  

/ ˈpɜːpjʊə /

noun

1. (usually postpositive) heraldry purple

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Etymology

Origin of purpure

before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin purpura purple

Example Sentences

Supporters—Two angels vested purpure, winged and crined or, each holding in the exterior hand a key or.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

The Torteau, No. 152, in the plural Torteaux, is gules: the Hurt is azure: the Pellet or Ogress is sable: the Pomme is vert: and the Golpe is purpure.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

A precious stone of a violet colour, the name of which was formerly used instead of purpure, to denote the purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Combined with sable it typifies constancy in all things, particularly in love; with vert, a joyful possession of riches; and with purpure a friendly feeling even towards enemies.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

For he must sitte in a chayer clothed in purpure/ crowned on his heed in his ryght hand a ceptre and in the lyfte hande an apple of gold/.

From Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by Caxton, William