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sejant

Or se·jeant

[see-juhnt]

adjective

Heraldry.
  1. (of an animal) represented in a sitting posture.

    a lion sejant.



sejant

/ ˈsiːdʒənt /

adjective

  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) shown seated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sejant1

1490–1500; variant of seiante < Anglo-French; Middle French seant, equivalent to se- (stem of seoir < Latin sedēre to sit 1 ) + -ant -ant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sejant1

C16: variant of seant, from Old French, from seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre
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Example Sentences

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A dog is “passant, sejant then couchant,” and beekeepers go about “their Georgic business…mobled in muslin, calm-browed comb-setters and swarm-handlers of the scattered thorps.”

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The arms are represented upon a banner, the staff of which is supported by an animal in a rampant, or, more usually, in a sejant, posture.

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Sejant: sitting down with his head elevated, No. 178.

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A Scottish Lion sejant usually has his fore paws raised in the air, and in English terms of blazon would be described as “Sejant erect” or “Sejant rampant.”

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As a Supporter the Lion is represented rampant, rampant reguardant, and sejant rampant.

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