Blazonry

/ˈblæz.ən.ri/ noun

Definition

The practice or art of blazoning; heraldic description and display; ostentatious display.

Etymology

From blazon plus the noun-forming suffix -ry (meaning the practice, system, or place of something).

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Blazonry was the ultimate medieval status symbol system—a pure visual language of power that everyone, literate or not, could instantly read.

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