blazonry

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If this natural impulse to live after physical death cannot be relied upon, then life itself is a myth and the starry blazonry of the midnight sky is a flaunting lie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once, when out of the reach of any work of reference, he was completely at fault for the blazonry of a particular banner, used five hundred years ago.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

Again the Norman banner floats Triumphant on the citadel of York, Where, circled with the blazonry of arms, Amid his barons, William holds his state.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

They gather from all quarters to his wigwam, where they find him seated, no longer covered with black, but adorned with the startling and fantastic blazonry of the war-paint.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis

The styles of blazonry admit of classification like those of Gothic Architecture.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony