Explore Heraldry through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like inquiry or enquiry. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Heraldry in a sentence
Heraldry meaning
- The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- Pageantry.
Using Heraldry
- The main meaning on this page is: The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank. | An armorial ensign along with its history and description. | Pageantry.
- Useful related words include: inquiry, enquiry, research, emblem.
- In the example corpus, heraldry often appears in combinations such as: to heraldry, heraldry pp, of heraldry.
Context around Heraldry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heraldry
- In this selection, "heraldry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, continental, modern, molecule, banner, horseshoes and arms stand out and add context to how "heraldry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include guide to heraldry pp 1 and and italian heraldry one meets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heraldry" sits close to words such as alves, amerindian and andreescu, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heraldry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dolphins are sometimes used as symbols, for instance in heraldry. (10 words)
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 11–16. (10 words)
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 1–18. (10 words)
At one time vair commonly came in three sizes, and this distinction is sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; if the field contains fewer than four rows, the fur is termed gros vair or beffroi; if of six or more, it is menu-vair, or miniver. (45 words)
Three additional furs are sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; in French and Italian heraldry one meets with plumeté or plumetty, in which the field appears to be covered with feathers, and papelonné, in which it is decorated with scales. (39 words)
Mr McPherson and his wife were active members of many organisations including their local church, the Order of St John, the Order of St Lazarus, Wallace 700, the Association of Highland Clans and the Heraldry Society of Scotland. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Heraldry Banner of Rutland In heraldry, horseshoes most often occur as canting charges, such as in the arms of families with names like Farrier, Marshall and Smith.
Modern heraldry Arms created in 1977, featuring a hydrocarbon molecule Heraldry flourishes in the modern world; institutions, companies, and private persons continue using coats of arms as their pictorial identification.
Three additional furs are sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; in French and Italian heraldry one meets with plumeté or plumetty, in which the field appears to be covered with feathers, and papelonné, in which it is decorated with scales.
His fabric of choice was splashed with heraldry like images evoking the designer’s latest collaboration, with the Club Deportivo Guadalajara, or “Chivas” soccer team, forming flag-like capes or on tights that trod the runway.
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.
Mr McPherson and his wife were active members of many organisations including their local church, the Order of St John, the Order of St Lazarus, Wallace 700, the Association of Highland Clans and the Heraldry Society of Scotland.
A form peculiar to German heraldry is alternate vair, in which each vair bell is divided in half vertically, with half argent and half azure.
Among these are cendrée, or ash-colour; brunâtre, or brown; bleu-céleste or bleu de ciel, sky blue; amaranth or columbine, a bright violet-red or pink colour; and carnation, commonly used to represent flesh in French heraldry.
At one time vair commonly came in three sizes, and this distinction is sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; if the field contains fewer than four rows, the fur is termed gros vair or beffroi; if of six or more, it is menu-vair, or miniver.
At the time, credit was given by the executive department to the United States Army Institute of Heraldry for the design.
Dolphins are sometimes used as symbols, for instance in heraldry.
During this period, papal heraldry varied greatly and the crossed keys had not yet fully developed as a symbol of the papacy.
Flags and banners main Flags are used to identify ships (where they are called ensigns ), embassies and such, and they use the same colors and designs found in heraldry, but they are not usually considered to be heraldic.
Flags developed from coats of arms, and the arts of vexillology and heraldry are closely related.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, p. 38. Pastoureau, pp. 39–41.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 11–16.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 1–18.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 14–16.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 1, 57–59.
Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, pp. 17–18.
Common combinations with heraldry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to heraldry 19×
- heraldry pp 17×
- of heraldry 9×
- in heraldry 6×
- continental heraldry 5×
- heraldry the 4×
- heraldry is 3×
- heraldry but 3×
- italian heraldry 2×
- heraldry one 2×