Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heraldry

2 senses of heraldry

Sense 1
heraldry -- (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
       => inquiry, enquiry, research -- (a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received")

Sense 2
heraldry -- (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
       => emblem -- (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)