Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Purple: represented in heraldry by diagonal lines from the sinister base of the shield to the dexter chief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry : A
purple colour on acoat of arms , represented in engraving bydiagonal parallel lines 45 degreesclockwise . - adjective heraldry In
blazon , of the colour purple.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The juma records stated the Collector had been buried in his "robes of purpure royal."
Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996
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The juma records stated the Collector had been buried in his "robes of purpure royal."
Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996
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I think the purple of the mantling highly effective -- purpure, that's called -- which, taken with the red and black, would give a most romantic light to our hall in New Babylon if we put a window at the turn of the stair.
The Henchman Mark Lee Luther
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In the Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (Vol. I, p. 254) the family is traced to the year 1588, and the arms given as Vair, purpure and erm on a chief gu.
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It displayed on a field, vert, three waving transverse bars argent, and in a free quarter-purpure - dexter a medal of the Franco-Prussian War in natural colors.
The Malady of the Century Max Simon Nordau 1886
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That old shield of Florence, parted per pale, argent and gules, (or our own Saxon Oswald's, parted per pale, or and purpure,) are heraldry changeless in sign; declaring the necessary balance, in ruling men, of the Rational and Imaginative powers; pure Alp, and glowing cloud.
Val d'Arno John Ruskin 1859
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Colemanus impavidus nondum, atque in purpure natus
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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_Ogress_ is sable: the _Pomme_ is vert: and the _Golpe_ is purpure.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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For DE LACI, Earl of LINCOLN -- _Or, a Lion rampt. purpure_ (E. 2), No. 194.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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It is bubbling, clear purpure in color and tastes like peppermint with a hint of corn.
theRPGSite Kellri 2008
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