armorial

American  

[ahr-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] / ɑrˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to heraldry or heraldic bearings.

2. bearing a coat or coats of arms.

   a set of armorial china.

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noun

1. a book containing heraldic bearings and devices.

armorial British  

/ ɑːˈmɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms

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noun

1. a book of coats of arms

Other Word Forms

• unarmorial adjective

Etymology

Origin of armorial

First recorded in 1570–80; armory + -al ¹

Example Sentences

No prizes on offer for letting us know the proper name for said armorial part. #bbcsportsound.

From BBC • May 29, 2011

Despite the fact that services of armorial Lowestoft of that size are as rare as fragments of the True Cross, Dealer Cloran believed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Chamber, princes, nawabs, rajas and maharajas sat under their painted armorial shields, fingering their silky beards, their brocaded turbans, their jeweled necklaces, delighted that the Viceroy had revived this ceremony.

From Time Magazine Archive

What are the armorial bearings of the family?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

By this way, women and clerks, citizens and men of peace, corporations and colleges, came to share with the fighting man in the use of armorial bearings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various