cognizances

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The old wooden ceilings were replaced with stone vaultings, enriched with elegant carvings and cognizances.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

Philosophy has taught us nothing as to the nature of our sensations, our perceptions, our cognizances, the origin of our thoughts and ideas, but words.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

It was a silence without embarrassment or constraint, a moment of arrested external cognizances.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

Ladies delighted to appear in the cognizances of their lords, or in their own paternal bearings.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

And, so assotted are some, that they not only give them monie, to maintain their abhomination withall, but also weare their badges and cognizances in their hats and caps openly.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.