0 relating to coats of arms (= special shields or shield-shaped patterns that are the sign of a family, university, or city) and the history of the families, universities, etc. that they belong to:
The England football team's heraldic emblem of three lions derives from the royal coat of arms.
One heraldic shield high on the window displays three crowns on a blue background.
This is another dedicatory chanson, one that praises a nobleman whose heraldic colours are red and gold.
There are around a dozen heraldic flourishes involving trumpets, drums and ordnance.
The music takes on a gently celebratory quality, and the coda adds a heraldic touch which vanishes in the last couple of bars.
Most of the seals are crudely formed pieces of wax but a few bear the impression of heraldic seals.
In fact, the text does more than simply cite the dedicatee's heraldic colours: it describes his arms, praising 'he who wears gold and a red gonfanon'.
