Meaning & use
heraldry
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The system, tradition, or study of designing and displaying coats of arms and other hereditary emblems.
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The knight's shield was decorated according to the rules of heraldry.
She studied medieval heraldry to understand the symbols on the old family crest.
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Heraldry developed in medieval Europe to identify knights in battle and later became a formal system for representing families, institutions, and nations.
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