cadency

heraldry
Also known as: difference

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  • Image shows a seal depicting several mythical creatures fighting.
    In heraldry: Cadency

    Cadency is the use of various devices designed to show a man’s position in a family, with the aforementioned basic aim of reserving the entire arms to the head of the family and to differentiate the arms of the rest, who are the cadets,…

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