cadency

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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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