Merriam-Webster defines 'armigerous'' as 'bearing heraldic arms[1]
In the SCA an 'armiger' is anyone whom has received an Award, Grant or Patent of Arms.[2]
By extension, an "armigerous award" is an award which carries with it one of the three above categories of Arms, as well as the three categories themselves. "Non-armigerous awards," therefore, are awards which do not carry awards and do not make their bearers armigers.
The Kingdom of Atenveldt has precedence bearing awards which are nonetheless non-armigerous, placing the person in the order of precedence above those without such awards. Many Kingdom and Baronial Level Awards fall into this category with their precedence determined in their charters.
It is also worth noting that being entitled to display arms is, in the SCA, entirely distinct from actually having arms to display since the process of registering arms is handled by the College of Heralds while the awards themselves are handled by the individual Kingdoms. Once one's arms have been registered with the College, no one else can display them. One would suppose that one should not dispay one's registered arms until one is or becomes an armiger, but quite frankly, I'm not sure anyone cares - especially since heraldic display tends to improve the recreation and medieval feel.
- ↑ “armigerous,” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armigerous. Accessed 1/6/2021.
- ↑ “Armiger.” Cunnan, Kingdom of Lochac, SCA Inc, 7 Feb. 2007, cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php/Armiger.
