Herald

one who makes public proclamation. The only notice of this officer in the Old Testament occurs in (Daniel 3:4) The term “herald” might be substituted for “preacher” in (1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11; 2 Peter 2:5)

HER'ALD, one who makes a public and formal announcement. The only reference in the A.V. to this officer is in Dan 3:4; but in the N.T. the familiarity of Paul with the Grecian games induced him to speak of the gospel-preachers as heralds; e.g. 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11. So Peter. 2 Pet 2:5. See Games.

HER'ALD, one who makes a public and formal announcement. The only reference in the A.V. to this officer is in Dan 3:4; but in the N.T. the familiarity of Paul with the Grecian games induced him to speak of the gospel-preachers as heralds; e.g. 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11. So Peter. 2 Pet 2:5. See Games.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak.

4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak.

5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." Shak. Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.