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cadency

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin *cadentia.[1]

Noun edit

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 edit

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

Anagrams edit

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