office of arms

1

: a body of officers of arms of a nation organized as a corporate body or as a division of the government

2

usually capitalized first O&A : the office in Dublin, terminated March 31, 1943, of which Ulster king of arms was head, having charge of heraldic matters in the island of Ireland

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