cadency
Example Sentences
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The Bordure, both plain and charged, is a Mark of Cadency borne by Princes and by personages of various ranks.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The same Standard is duly differenced with their own Marks of Cadency and their Shields of Pretence for the different members of the Royal Family.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
I must be content to illustrate these various forms of Cadency with a few examples only.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The Mounteneys further difference their common arms, for Cadency, after this manner.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
A narrow ribbon placed across the field of a shield near the chief, and having three, five, or sometimes other numbers of points depending from it, its object being to mark Cadency.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
