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cadency

English

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Etymology

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From Latin *cadentia.[1]

Noun

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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

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  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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