Armorial \Ar*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory.]

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. --Wordsworth.

Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)