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Webster 1913 Edition
Cadency
Ca′den-cy
,Noun.
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.)
.Webster 1828 Edition
Cadency
CADENCY
,Noun.
1.
A fall, a decline; a state of sinking.2.
A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, as at the end of a sentence; also, the falling of the voice in the general modulation of tones in reciting. In reading or speaking, a certain tone is taken, which is called the key, or key-note, on which mot of the words are pronounced, and the fall of the voice below this tone is called cadence.The ordinary cadence is a fall of the last syllable of a sentence only.
3.
The general tone of reading verse. The cadence of one line must be a rule to that of the next; as the sound of the former must slide gently into that which follows.4.
Tone; sound; as, hoarse cadence.5.
In music, repose; the termination of a harmonical phrase on a repose or on a perfect chord.Also, the manner of closing a song; embellishment at the close.
6.
In horsemanship, an equal measure or proportion observed by a horse in all his motions.7.
In heraldry, the distinction of families.Definition 2024
cadency
cadency
English
Noun
cadency (countable and uncountable, plural cadencies)
- Alternative form of cadence
- (heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family.