What does impresa mean?
Impresa means (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc..
1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter.
[…] or to describe Races and Games, Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields, Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;
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Impresa means (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc..
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1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie, My impresa to your lordship; a swan Flying to a laurel for shelter.
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