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quarterings — kwÉ”rtÉ™rɪŋ / kwÉ”Ët n. division into fourths; division into parts; housing, lodging adj. dividing into quarters; dividing into parts; providing housing, accommodating; positioned at right angles … English contemporary dictionary
quarterings — Heraldry the coats of arms on a shield denoting the marriages into a family of the heiresses of others. → quartering … English new terms dictionary
Of Four Quarterings — Noble heritage from all four grandparents. The concept of nobility came in most medieval senses not from a nobility of character, though that was certainly sought, but from a nobility in the blood. It was strongly believed that much of a person’s … Medieval glossary
Of Four Quarterings — A person possessing noble heritage from all four of their grandparents … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Quartering (heraldry) — Quartering in heraldry is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division.Typically, a quartering consists of a division into… … Wikipedia
heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of … Universalium
Attributed arms — are coats of arms given to legendary figures, or to notable persons from times before the rise of heraldry. Beginning in the 12th century, imaginary arms were assigned to the knights of the Round Table, and soon arms were given to biblical… … Wikipedia
Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… … Wikipedia
Division of the field — In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name (e.g. a shield divided in the shape of a chevron is said to… … Wikipedia
Coat of arms of Norway — State arms of the Kingdom of Norway Stylised version from 1992 Details Armiger Norwegian State Adopted … Wikipedia
