cadency
Americannoun
noun
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the line of descent from a younger member of a family
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another word for cadence
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Origin of cadency
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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
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 the heraldic rose is the difference of the seventh son.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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 modern 125 cadency the fleur de lys is the difference of the sixth son, or house.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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 Odum, Howard W.
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