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
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 Mark Antony Lower
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 Henry Rider Haggard
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
As a Supporter the Lion is represented rampant, rampant reguardant, and sejant rampant.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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