different between heraldry vs atchievement

English

Alternative forms

heraldy (obsolete)

Etymology

herald +? -ry. First attested 1572 CE. Displaced earlier heraldy, from herald +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??.?l.d?i/

Noun

heraldry (countable and uncountable, plural heraldries)

1. (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.

2. (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
3. (uncountable) Pageantry.

   Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry.

Related terms

• herald
• heraldic
• heraldric

Translations

English

Noun

atchievement (plural atchievements)

1. (heraldry) The coat of arms fully emblazoned according to the rules of heraldry.
2. Archaic spelling of achievement.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 64:

     [describing a horse] " […] his docibleness and desire of glory and praise, and consequently his notable atchievements in War […] "

See also

• hatchment

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]