cadency

American  

[keyd-n-see] / ˈkeɪd n si /

noun

• cadencies
  plural

1. cadence.

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cadency British  

/ ˈkeɪdənsɪ /

noun

1. the line of descent from a younger member of a family

2. another word for cadence

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cadencies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cadency

First recorded in 1620–30; cad(ence) + -ency

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cadency cadencies

The latest shield under it was Lionel’s—argent, a bend gules distinguished with some sort of label of cadency.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In modern cadency the heraldic rose is the difference of the seventh son.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

And pray, sir second son, where is the cadency mark which should mark your rank.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Shakespeare's son-in-law bore the talbots' heads only, which may merely have been a mark of cadency.

From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

When, with the quiet and poignant brevity of it, there mingles the cadency and sweetness of verse—"the soul of the hearer has nothing more to desire."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

The characteristic quality is often found in an improvised arrangement of words which makes the dominant feeling that of mingling words and cadencies successfully.

From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Howard W. Odum