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Webster 1913 Edition
Subordinary
Sub-or′di-na-ry
,Noun.
(Her.)
One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See
Ordinary
. ☞ Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as ordinaries.
Definition 2024
subordinary
subordinary
English
Noun
subordinary (plural subordinaries)
- (heraldry) Any device that is less common than the normal ordinaries