cognizances

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Guilds had their ceremonial dresses, and their “liveries,” and their cognizances, and considered it an honour to wear them.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

The old wooden ceilings were replaced with stone vaultings, enriched with elegant carvings and cognizances.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

It was a silence without embarrassment or constraint, a moment of arrested external cognizances.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

And, so assotted are some, that they not only give them monie, to maintain their abhomination withall, but also weare their badges and cognizances in their hats and caps openly.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.

And who will not be buxom to them, and give them money for these their devilish cognizances, they are mocked and flouted at not a little.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.