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

In modern cadency it is the difference of the eighth son.

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

What were the peculiar marks of cadency used by the heirs to the crown, apparent and presumptive, after the accession of the Stuarts?

From Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850 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

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