heraldic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to heraldry, heralds, coats of arms, or their symbols and rules

   The carriage displayed heraldic emblems on both doors.

2. 2
   adj

   serving to announce or indicate that something is about to come

   The first experimental recordings were heraldic of a new musical style.

Formed from herald + -ic, probably modeled on French heraldique. Herald derives through Old French from a Germanic word for an army official; because heralds proclaimed news and regulated coats of arms, heraldic developed both armorial and announcing senses.

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