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

By a curious divergence the bordure wavy is not a mark of illegitimacy in Scotland, but a mark of perfectly legitimate cadency.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

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

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

And pray, sir second son, where is the cadency mark which should mark your rank.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir