PURPURA

PURPURA, in heraldry. The colour so called, which signifies purple, is in engraving represented by diagonal lines from the left to the right. See HERALDRY, p. 3584, and Plate CXLIV. fig. ii. n° 6.

It may serve to denote an administrator of justice, a lawgiver, or a governor equal to a sovereign; and, according to G. Leigh, if it is compounded with