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literary | heraldry |

As an adjective literary

is relating to literature.

As a noun heraldry is

(uncountable) the profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.

literary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to literature.
  • literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
  • * Johnson
  • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
  • Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
  • a literary man
  • * Mason
  • in the literary as well as fashionable world
  • Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  • Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  • Bookish.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theory

    Anagrams

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    heraldry

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
  • Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.
  • (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
  • (uncountable) Pageantry.
  • Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry .