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Blazoning is the term used to mean describing the arms in heraldic language, in a concise and unambiguous way

In blazoning arms there are accepted conventions for the order of describing various elements:

1. The field or background
2. Principal features and those holding a central position, e.g. a bend or fess, or a lion
3. Secondary charges on the field, e.g. 3 scallops, or 6 crosslets (little crosses)
4. Objects on the principal charge
5. Important charges which are off-centre, e.g. a chief
6. Charges on [5]
7. Marks of cadency if any, e.g. a label

In practice these elements are often combined, e.g. Argent on a fess sable three bezants between three fleur-de-lys gules