cadency

American  

[keyd-n-see] / ˈkeɪd n si /

noun

plural

cadencies

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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Etymology

Origin of cadency

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

Example Sentences

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

Here are only numbers ratified, but for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadency of poesy, caret.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

In the third generation the mark of cadency is again superimposed upon the two preceding differences, producing, at length, unutterable confusion.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Certainly no quarter of a town could use a mark of cadency below a bendlet, and Florence was more careful than most Italian towns to be precise in her heraldry.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

In modern cadency an unpierced mullet is the difference of the third son.

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