slovo | definícia |
herald (mass) | herald
- kuriér, ohlásiť |
herald (encz) | herald,hlasatel Zdeněk Brož |
herald (encz) | herald,kurýr n: Zdeněk Brož |
herald (encz) | herald,ohlásit v: Zdeněk Brož |
herald (encz) | herald,posel v: Zdeněk Brož |
herald (encz) | herald,zvěstovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Herald (gcide) | Herald \Her"ald\, n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut,
herault, F. h['e]raut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed)
OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the
army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten;
akin to E. wield. See Harry, Wield.]
1. (Antiq.) 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.
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2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above
duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the
rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of
armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this
office remain, especially in England. See {Heralds'
College} (below), and King-at-Arms.
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3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or
announces; as, the herald of another's fame. --Shak.
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4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
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It was the lark, the herald of the morn. --Shak.
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5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." --Shak.
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Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation,
dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized
by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three
Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond,
Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the
Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge
of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear
them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; --
called also College of Arms.
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Herald (gcide) | Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
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herald (wn) | herald
n 1: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the
chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a
trumpet" [syn: herald, trumpeter]
2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner,
predecessor, herald, precursor]
v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate,
harbinger, foretell, herald]
2: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as
a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald]
3: greet enthusiastically or joyfully [syn: hail, herald] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
herald (mass) | herald
- kuriér, ohlásiť |
herald (encz) | herald,hlasatel Zdeněk Brožherald,kurýr n: Zdeněk Brožherald,ohlásit v: Zdeněk Brožherald,posel v: Zdeněk Brožherald,zvěstovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
heralded (encz) | heralded,ohlásil v: Zdeněk Brožheralded,ohlašovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heraldic (encz) | heraldic,heraldický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heraldic bearing (encz) | heraldic bearing, n: |
heraldist (encz) | heraldist,heraldik n: Zdeněk Brož |
heraldry (encz) | heraldry,heraldika n: Zdeněk Brož |
unheralded (encz) | unheralded,neodhalený Jaroslav Šedivý |
heraldický (czen) | heraldický,armorialadj: Zdeněk Brožheraldický,heraldicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
heraldik (czen) | heraldik,heraldistn: Zdeněk Brož |
heraldika (czen) | heraldika,blazonryn: Zdeněk Brožheraldika,heraldryn: Zdeněk Brož |
Canting heraldry (gcide) | Canting \Cant"ing\, a.
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
rogue; a canting tone. -- Cant"ing*ly, adv. --
Cant"ing*ness, n.
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Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the
nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian
IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
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Coherald (gcide) | Coherald \Co*her"ald\, n.
A joint herald.
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Heralded (gcide) | Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
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widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world
tour.
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heralded (gcide) | Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
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widely publicized; as, the royal couple's much heralded world
tour.
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Heraldic (gcide) | Heraldic \He*ral"dic\, a. [Cf. F. h['e]raldique.]
Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic
blazoning; heraldic language. --T. Warton.
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Heraldically (gcide) | Heraldically \He*ral"dic*al*ly\, adv.
In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
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Heralding (gcide) | Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
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heraldist (gcide) | heraldist \heraldist\ adj.
of or pertaining to heraldry.
Syn: heraldic.
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Heraldry (gcide) | Heraldry \Her"ald*ry\, n.
1. 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.
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2. A coat of arms or some other heraldic device or collection
of heraldic symbols.
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