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cadency

N จังหวะ

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CADENCY

CADENCY Ca "den *cy, n.

Defn: Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her. ), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her. ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

cadency

ca den cy |ˈkādnsē ˈkeɪdnsi | ▶noun chiefly Heraldry the status of a younger branch of a family. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat ’): based on Latin cadent- ‘falling, ’ from the verb cadere. The current sense is apparently by association with cadet .

Oxford Dictionary

cadency

ca |dency |ˈkeɪd (ə )nsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Heraldry the status of a younger branch of a family. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat ’): based on Latin cadent- ‘falling ’, from the verb cadere. The current sense is apparently by association with cadet .