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"Héraldique européenne"

The cited information was published by Coats of Arms for European Royalty and Nobility (http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org, Arnaud Bunel, 1998) , Internet, held in Arnaud Bunel The author/originator was Arnaud Bunel <arnaudb@wanadoo.fr>.
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      "Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective

      Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms.

      The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewas that those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put their crest or achieveme