sejant
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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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.”
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2014
As a Supporter the Lion is represented rampant, rampant reguardant, and sejant rampant.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Thus, in the arms of the state of Venice there is a lion sejant guardant, winged 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
Somehow the three of them reminded me of a coat-of-arms seen in a nightmare, British Matron sejant with Modesty and Virtue as supporters.
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
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.
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