heraldry

The B-52s are heading to the UK in June, as part of their ever-extending farewell tour, and Pierson is using the trip as an excuse to indulge her fascination with British heraldry.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

As the remaining spellers dwindled, Shradha was given “orle,” a heraldry term that means several small charges arranged to form a border within the edge of a field.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

One day last week, Conner, the museum’s curator of uniforms and heraldry, unboxed the crosses and other artifacts in the museum’s support center in the old brig on the Marine base here.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021

That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

But the great hawks, the hounds, heraldry, tournaments—these were for Lancelot For her, unless she felt like a little spinning or embroidery, there was no occupation—except Lancelot.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

We show it with black feathers and black horses; we show it with black dresses and black heraldries; we show it with costly obelisks and sculptures of sorrow, which spoil half of our beautiful cathedrals.

From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou

Another arrives from Philadelphia, equally fortified in local heraldries unknown in Boston.

From Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It ever seems to me that love Should level all degrees; Pure honour, and a stainless heart Are Nature's heraldries.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

Above all, and out of his own private purse, he supported the heraldries of his dominions—the peerage, senatorial or prætorian, and the great gentry or chivalry of the Equites.

From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey

The place had formerly been a German restaurant, with Teuton scrolls, "Ich Dien," and heraldries on its walls.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks