ARMORIAL BEARINGS
\ɑːmˈɔːɹɪəl bˈe͡əɹɪŋz], \ɑːmˈɔːɹɪəl bˈeəɹɪŋz], \ɑː_m_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l b_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ_z]\
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In English law. A device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry. A r m o r u m appellatione, non solum scuta et gladii et galeae, sed et fustes e
By Henry Campbell Black
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