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(heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. / (heraldry) A formalized language for describing a coat of arms. / (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.

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blazon

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Source Word

blazon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbleɪzən/

Noun

countable uncountable

(heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. / (heraldry) A formalized language for describing a coat of arms. / (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.

Japanese Meaning

家紋や紋章の口語・文章による記述 / 家紋や紋章を記述するための定型化された言語 / 家紋や家紋を描いた旗

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At the ceremony, the herald read aloud the blazon of the knight's shield, detailing every color and charge.

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式典で儀礼官は騎士の紋章の記述を朗読し、色彩や紋章の図柄を一つ一つ詳しく述べた。

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(heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.

...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous

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(heraldry) A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.

We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the everyday lexicon of terms...

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