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Image Another symbol of harmony, a Japanese mon, or heraldic emblem, adorns a pair of Japanese lacquered katana cases — the protective sheath of a blade — from one family in the Edo period.—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 One of Commander Denno’s early tasks was to draw up the ship’s crest — a heraldic design that would be part of the submarine’s identity.—John Ismay, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 There is deconstruction of the heraldic myth without the author falling prey to easy platitudes, and without the kind of too-easy subversion that risks shattering the myth entirely.—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 King Charles and Queen Camilla also met heraldic artist Timothy Noad and calligrapher Stephanie Gill to hear about their roles in creating the coronation roll.—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for heraldic
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French héraldique, from Medieval Latin heraldus "herald" (Latinization of Middle French hiraud, heraud, Old French hirauz, hiraut) + French -ique-ic entry 1, herald entry 1
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