armorial

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:54:02

Ar*mo"ri*al (#), a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory.]

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth.

Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.

 

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