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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag, or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image. The verb to blazon means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon…

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Blazon

Nodes150
Edges149
Triples74
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013333
Components1

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Blazon

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related to External links · 30
Blazon → Arms, Arms FoundationPublic Register, Blazonry, Bruce Miller, Canada, Canadian Heraldic Authority, College, Commonly Known, England, English, French, Grammar, Heraldic Blazon/Emblazon Knowledge, Heraldry, Heraldry Society, Illustrated, It, Primer, Roll, Royal Heraldry Society
related to Ordinaries · 10
Blazon → According, As, Friar, In, The, There, These, They, Though, Unless
related to Grammar · 8
Blazon → Although, Arms, Charles Boutell, English, However, John Brooke-Little, Norroy, Ulster King
related to Etymology · 7
Blazon → English, Formerly, French, German, It, Present-day, The
related to French vocabulary and grammar · 6
Blazon → Anglo-Norman French, Because, English, French, In, Some
related to External ornaments · 3
Blazon → Empire, One, The
related to Simple example · 2
Blazon → Alsace, The
related to The shield · 2
Blazon → As, The
is a · 1
Blazon → formal description of a coat of arms
related to The whole · 1
Blazon → In

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arms shield gules coat argent field charges may heraldry heraldic french tincture azure description chief charge english bend one three

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Blazonis aformal description of a coat of arms0.90text
palletsinstance ofin which case blazons in English give them different names0.80text
barsinstance ofin which case blazons in English give them different names0.80text
bendletsinstance ofin which case blazons in English give them different names0.80text
and chevronelsinstance ofin which case blazons in English give them different names0.80text
Blazonrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyFrench0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyIt0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyEnglish0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyFormerly0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyGerman0.60section
Blazonrelated to EtymologyPresent-day0.60section

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