cadency

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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

This eliminates the need for an elaborate system of cadency, though to prevent confusion, the spouse's and heir's arms are differenced.

From Concordance A Terran Empire concordance by Wilson, Ann

Here are only numbers ratified, but for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadency of poesy, caret.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

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

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 Utting, R. B.