Word Meanings - HERALDSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The office of a herald. Selden.
Related words: (words related to HERALDSHIP)
- HERALD
An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. 2. In the Middle Ages, the officer - OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - HERALDRY
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. - OFFICE WIRE
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. - HERALDICALLY
In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry. - HERALDIC
Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton. - OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, - OFFICE
The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either - HERALDSHIP
The office of a herald. Selden. - SELDEN
Seldom. Chaucer. - POST OFFICE
See POST - BOOKING OFFICE
1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold. - CROWN OFFICE
The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill. - SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer. - UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer. - COHERALD
A joint herald. - OVEROFFICE
To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.