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However, original features do remain, including the two Jacobean-style staircases, 18th- and 19th-century paneling, fireplaces, 16th-century armorial glass, and some medieval English stained glass.—Emmamreynolds1, Robb Report, 14 July 2022 The armorial engraving is the insignia of The Worshipful Company of Masons, one of the ancient livery companies of London.—oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021 The action unfurls in a quaint medieval town square garlanded with flowers and armorial pennants, (modified for the Gala), where Harlequin woos Columbine, and in a Beaux Arts ballroom conservatory where the action continues in the second act.—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 24 May 2018
Word History
Etymology
armory "heraldry, heraldic arms" (borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Middle French armoierie, from Middle French armoier "to bear arms, emblazon" + -erie-ery) + -al entry 1; armoier from armes "arms, weapons, heraldic devices" (plural of arme, going back to Latin arma "implements of war, weapons") + -oier, factitive verb suffix, going back to Latin -idiāre, originally representing variant pronunciation (or spelling variant) of -izāre-ize — more at arm entry 3
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