Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

within

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

for

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

s, organisations and

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

clergy Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

. Initially used to mark documents,

ecclesiastical {{Short pages monitor * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Encyclopedia articles * * * * ;Online examples in order of mention * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * :File:Araldiz Manno 384.png and :File:Araldiz Manno 420.png, ''Vocabolario Araldico Ufficiale della Consulta Araldica'' (1907) * ;Further reading * * * *

External links

Ecclesiastical heraldry
at Heraldry of the World (many thousand images)

at heraldica.org

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