heraldry
English Thesaurus
1. emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | emblem, |
| definition | : | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | annulet, roundel, |
| definition | : | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle (noun.artifact) |
2. the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies (noun.cognition)
| domain member category | : | crest, |
| definition | : | (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | device, |
| definition | : | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | fess, fesse, |
| definition | : | (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys, |
| definition | : | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | ordinary, |
| definition | : | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | ramp, |
| definition | : | be rampant (verb.perception) |
| domain member category | : | crested, |
| definition | : | bearing an heraldic device (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | inflamed, |
| definition | : | adorned with tongues of flame (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | regardant, |
| definition | : | looking backward (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | dexter, |
| definition | : | on or starting from the wearer's right (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | sinister, |
| definition | : | on or starting from the wearer's left (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | flighted, |
| definition | : | having feathers (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | naiant, swimming, |
| definition | : | applied to a fish depicted horizontally (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | salient, |
| definition | : | represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | passant, |
| definition | : | in walking position with right foreleg raised (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | rampant, rearing, |
| definition | : | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | statant, |
| definition | : | standing on four feet (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | couchant, |
| definition | : | lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | dormant, sleeping, |
| definition | : | lying with head on paws as if sleeping (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | assurgent, |
| definition | : | rising from the sea (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | volant, |
| definition | : | with wings extended in a flying position (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | armorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms (adj.pert) |
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