| 单词 |
armorial |
| 释义 |
armorial, a. and n.|ɑːˈmɔərɪəl|
[f. armory + -al1. Cf. mod.Fr. armorial.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to heraldic arms.
1576Thynne Burghley's Crest 295 An olde armoriall booke. 1683Brit. Spec. 179 The Soveraign Ensigns Armorial of the King of Great Britain. 1803Southey Sel. Lett. (1856) I. 224, I often found my armorial vocabulary scant. 1857Buckle Civilis. I. ix. 562 In the twelfth century armorial bearings were invented.
2. Of porcelain, etc., bearing heraldic arms.
1907F. A. Crisp (title) Armorial China. A Catalogue of Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms in the Possession of Frederick Arthur Crisp. 1925A. Tudor-Craig Armorial Porc. 18th Cent. iii. 10 Errors in many of the coats of arms on armorial china. 1933Burlington Mag. June p. xvii/1 The fine display at the recent British Antique Dealers' exhibition of armorial porcelain.
B. n. A book containing coats of arms.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., In this sense we meet with the French Armorial, the Spanish Armorial. c1800(title) An Armorial of the Extinct and Dormant Peerage of England. |
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