blazonry

[ bley-zuh n-ree ]

/ ˈbleɪ zən ri /

brilliant decoration or display: The wedding had all the blazonry of a coronation.

Heraldry.

Origin of blazonry

First recorded in 1615–25; blazon + -ry

blazer, blazes, blazing, blazing star, blazon, blazonry, bldg, bldg., bldg.e., bldr., bleach

This post, with its empty frame, was as significant as the art of blazonry could have made it.

Mingo |Joel Chandler Harris
Carnation is the French term for the colour of naked flesh, and is often employed in the blazonry of that country.

A Complete Guide to Heraldry |Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
The heavens, with their blazonry, were to him as pictured parchments.

The Fair God |Lew Wallace
The fine exterior of St. George's is more than matched by the carving and blazonry of the interior.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science |Various

Real worth requires no interpreter; its everyday deeds form its blazonry.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood

blazonry

/ (ˈbleɪzənrɪ) /

the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form

heraldic arms collectively

colourful or ostentatious display