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
In modern cadency an unpierced mullet is the difference of the third son.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
When, with the quiet and poignant brevity of it, there mingles the cadency and sweetness of verse—"the soul of the hearer has nothing more to desire."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
In the third generation the mark of cadency is again superimposed upon the two preceding differences, producing, at length, unutterable confusion.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
In modern cadency the heraldic rose is the difference of the seventh son.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
