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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=heraldry">heraldry</a>, a <b>charge</b> is any emblem or device occupying the <a href="page.php?w=field_%28heraldry%29">field</a> of an <a href="page.php?w=Escutcheon_%28heraldry%29">escutcheon</a> (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an <a href="page.php?w=ordinary_%28heraldry%29">ordinary</a>) or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object, building, or other device. In French <a href="page.php?w=blazon">blazon</a>, the ordinaries are called pièces, and other charges are called</p><p>
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