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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

heraldry
    n 1: the study and classification of armorial bearings and the
         tracing of genealogies
    2: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heraldry \Her"ald*ry\, n.
   1. The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or
      science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or
      ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades,
      processions, and public ceremonies.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A coat of arms or some other heraldic device or collection
      of heraldic symbols.
      [PJC]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

HERALDRY, civil and canon law. The art or office of a herald. It is the art, 
practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns 
armorial. It also teaches whatever relates to the marshaling of cavalcades, 
processions, and other public ceremonies. Encyc.; Ridley's View of the Civil 
and Canon Law, pt. 2, c. 1, Sec. 6.

Thesaurus Results for Heraldry:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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