Nor amongst the host of records and documents which have been preserved to us do we find any reference to armorial bearings.
Of all those usages and purposes, one only, that of the use of armorial bearings in actual battle, can be said to have come to an end, and even that not entirely so; the rest are still with us in actual and extensive existence.
So that perhaps one is justified in saying that the use of armorial bearings in warfare has not yet come to an end.
This I believe will be found the true theory of the multiplication of armorial bearings.
Several of our more recent writers, while they disclaim all belief of the existence of armorial bearings in earlier times, still think they find traces of these distinctions in the days of the Roman commonwealth.
A list of armorial bearings, classified or arranged alphabetically, with the names of the bearers.
The College was founded by her in her husband's memory, and has ever since displayed her armorial bearings, the coats of Valence and St. Paul dimidiated.
The tomb is of fine Perpendicular work, and the Bishop lies under a canopy rich in armorial bearings; but the figure is strangely truncated at the foot, which derogates not a little from its beauty.
The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings.
The other great invention of this period was that of armorial bearings, properly so called.
The scallop shell is not unfrequently found in armorial bearings.
My fair cousin of Burgundy granted no armorial bearings with a field of gules.
The whole history of the second half of the Middle Ages is written in armorial bearings,--the first half is in the symbolism of the Roman churches.
For him who understands how to decipher them, armorial bearings are algebra, armorial bearings have a tongue.
Armorial bearings of this kind are called "armoiries parlantes" by French heralds.
We also see hawks and falcons on ancient tombs; and it is not unlikely that they were there placed as indications of rank before the introduction of armorial bearings.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armorial bearings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
