heraldry: (2 is only S.)
1.
art or science of a
herald, blazoning of armorial bearings
MND. III. ii. 213
“like coats in ”
; fig. Oth. III. iv. 48.
2.
heraldic practice or
regulation
Ham. I. i. 87
“a seal'd compact, Well
ratified by law and heraldry”
(‘a kind of hendiadys, meaning
heraldic law’, Clark and Wright).
3.
heraldic title or
rank
All'sW. II. iii. 279
“the heraldry of your
birth.”
4.
heraldic device,
armorial bearings (fig.) Ham. II. ii.
487 [478] “Hath now this dread and black
complexion smear'd With more dismal,”
Lucr. 64
“This heraldry in
Lucrece' face.”
