cadency
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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 it is the difference of the eighth son.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
A plain ring; sometimes blazoned as a “false roundle”: in modern English cadency, the difference of the fifth son or brother: No. 154.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
In modern 125 cadency the fleur de lys is the difference of the sixth son, or house.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
And pray, sir second son, where is the cadency mark which should mark your rank.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The characteristic quality is often found in an improvised arrangement of words which makes the dominant feeling that of mingling words and cadencies successfully.
From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Howard W. Odum
