- Honourable ordinary
- Her. One of the nine main ordinaries known as honourable: cross, *chief, *pale, *bend, *bend sinister, *fess, *bar, *saltire, *chevron.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Honourable ordinary
Look at other dictionaries:
Ordinary (heraldry) — Shield Field Supporter Supporter Motto (Scotland) Cres … Wikipedia
Ordinary — 1) An ordinance or regulation; a formula for doing something. 2) Her. A dictionary of heraldic bearings; one of the nine simple shapes or charges in *heraldry, sometimes called honourable ordinaries . Cf. Bend; Chevron2; Chief; Cross cramponee;… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council — is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords.The Privy Council was formerly a powerful institution, but… … Wikipedia
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy — Princess Alexandra The Hon Lady Ogilvy (more) Princess Alexandra greets opera performers Yam Kim fai and Bak Sheut sin after their performance of The Romance of the Whi … Wikipedia
Charge (heraldry) — For a more comprehensive list, see List of heraldic charges. Shield Field Supporter Supporter Motto (Scotland) … 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
Coat of arms of Grenada — Details Armiger Elizabeth II, Queen of Grenada Adopted 1974 Crest … Wikipedia
Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago — Details Armiger Trinidad and Tobago … Wikipedia
Bend — Her. An honourable ordinary, one of nine, being a broad line or strap drawn from the shield s *dexter *chief to the *sinister base, i.e. top right to bottom left. A bend usually occupies one third of the field. Cf. Bend sinister; Bendy; Ordinary2 … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Bend sinister — Her. An *honourable *ordinary drawn as mirror opposite to a *bend, i.e. from the shield s *sinister chief to *dexter base. It was a mark of bastardy. Cf. Baton2 … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
