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The Lady and the Unicorn is a series of six famous tapestries that mix depictions of the senses with heraldic symbols and mythological creatures.—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025 The Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey are the heraldic animals of the U.S.'s two major parties.—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 Historically, ‘tapestry’ refers to a type of handwoven textile meticulously produced to depict nature scenes, as well as biblical, mythological, and heraldic narratives.—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025 Archaeologists identified some of these fragments as very rare pieces of heraldic slab tiles.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for heraldic
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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
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