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

As a favourite garden flower, the Columbine found its way into heraldic blazonry.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Once the potent cardinal, irritated at the free language of the Commons, to awe the House, came down in person, amid the blazonry of all the insignia of his multiform state.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

To his mental vision these things will conjure pictures—a panorama of rites and ceremonials—of altar and incense, with all the splendid costume and blazonry of the Judean king.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

In those murky days of Manila were other things which served to offset the oppressive blazonry of the tropic sun.

From The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. by Mabey, Charles R.