armorial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to, bearing, or displaying heraldic arms

   The carved doorway was decorated with the family's armorial shield.

2. 2
   noun

   a book or register containing coats of arms

   The archivist consulted an armorial to identify the crest on the seal.

From armory in its older heraldic sense + -al. Armory came through French armoierie, 'heraldic arms,' from armoier, 'to blazon,' ultimately based on Latin arma, 'arms or weapons.' The noun armorial developed for a collection or register of coats of arms.

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