Sentence examples for the armorial from inspiring English sources
noun
A book etc concerning heraldry, especially a collection of coats of arms
Analyzing the armorial shields, he demonstrates that the images were executed between 1555 and 1558.
No doubt in response to this, heraldry emerged during this period and the armorial surcoat became a standard item of knightly dress.
Coronets of various forms are depicted over the armorial bearings of continental European noblemen, but they have not been made and worn as in Great Britain.
As ranching spread across the open ranges, brands to show ownership developed into a heraldry as colourful as the armorial bearings of knighthood.
He adopted for his own use the armorial bearings of an ancient noble family with which he had no connection and assumed the honorific particle de.
Her books document the transition from tradition to Western motifs and shapes, among them coffee pots and sugar casters, and also delves into the sources for the armorial pieces for which this Brazilian collector has a special fondness.
In the entrance hall is a frieze of the armorials used by past earls of Sutherland.
The armorials on the Founder's Window represent all of the interests present at the founding of the University of Bristol including the Wills and Fry families.
The Acts of Union declared that: "the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint".
The full armorial bearings of the Canadian Heraldic Authority incorporate aboriginal symbolism, as seen in the mythical raven-bears, as well as the national symbol of the maple leaf and the traditional Canadian colours of red and white, which were made official by King George V in 1921.
John II's banner was the last armorial square banner used as the "national" flag or standard.
