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cadent 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. cadenced: marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet"
  2. In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person (or, in some cases, one man) at once. ...
  3. (cadency) the system whereby a coat of arms is differenced to distinguished the cadets of a family from its head and from one another.  Included in marks of Cadency are the label (1st son), crescent, mollet, martel, annulet, fleur-de-lis, rose, cross flory, octofoil.
  4. (Cadency) (Ca'-den-cy) As the original object of armorial bearings was to distinguish one iron encased warrior from another, it was also necessary to provide distinctive bearings for different members of a family all entitled to bear the paternal arms. ...
  5. (CADENCY) [Heraldry] royal license by a sovereign that allows the father to grant to all the sons and their (normally) male issue the right to bear the same arms, i.e., coats of arms. Except for the eldest son, the arms are differentiated by marks of cadency.
  6. (Cadency) Crest · Compartment · Mantling · Quartering · Shield · Supporters
  7. (Cadency) the distinguishing of family members entitled to the same coat of arms by a bearing; for example, the label, which is a narrow band across the top of the shield with tags pendant from it, is the mark of cadency used by the eldest son during his father's lifetime
  8. (cadency) used of younger sons or descent from a junior branch of the family
  9. Also known as Apoklima. It I refers to the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th houses in a natal chart related with spiritual quest.
  10. The third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses.
  11. Those houses which fall away from the angles; the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. Cadent Planets are those which occupy Cadent Houses, and whose influence is thereby weakened.