cadency

English

Etymology

From Latin *cadentia.[1]

Noun

cadency (countable and uncountable, plural cadencies)

  1. Alternative form of cadence
  2. (heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family.

References
  1. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “cadency”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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