sejant

American  

[see-juhnt] / ˈsi dʒənt /

Or sejeant

adjective

Heraldry.

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

   a lion sejant.

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sejant British  

/ ˈsiːdʒənt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of sejant

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

Example Sentences

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.”

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2014

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.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

The Scottish crest is an imperial crown, surmounted by a lion sejant guardant, displaying two sceptres or.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

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

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

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.”

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