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Wilson strips away the heraldic formality of earlier translations and brings the dialogue closer to contemporary speech, in ways Nolan has reportedly drawn on.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026 During the Middle Ages, heraldic disputes could become so animated that a Court of Chivalry was called upon to resolve them.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026 On the latter, Bollywood royalty Asha Bhosle, 92, sings in Hindi of setting sail to the other side, but Albarn smothers her beneath heraldic bursts of Disneyfied psych-pop.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026 Voluminous dresses decorated with heraldic symbols and folk scenes overflow their couches.—
Jane Wooldridge,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heraldic
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French héraldique, from Medieval Latin heraldus "herald" (Latinization of Middle French hiraud, heraud, Old French hirauz, hiraut) + French -ique-ic entry 1, herald entry 1