cadency
Example Sentences
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The latest shield under it was Lionel’s—argent, a bend gules distinguished with some sort of label of cadency.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Certainly no quarter of a town could use a mark of cadency below a bendlet, and Florence was more careful than most Italian towns to be precise in her heraldry.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of
It is not a little remarkable that the arms of neither shield nor surcoat bear any label or mark of cadency, but are simply royal arms.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
In modern English cadency, the difference of the second son, or house.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
In modern cadency it is the difference of the eighth son.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
