"Heraldry (/\u02C8h\u025Br\u0259ldri/) is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, \"army commander\". The word, in its most general sense, encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms."@en . . .