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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cadency \Ca"den*cy\, n.
     Descent of related families; distinction between the members
     of a family according to their ages.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.).
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Cadency \Ca"den*cy\, n.
     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.).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cadency
       n : a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cadency
     n.
     1 (alternative form of en cadence)
     2 (lb en heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coat
  of arms belonging to members of the same family.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cadency
     n.
     1 (alternative form of en cadence)
     2 (lb en heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coat
  of arms belonging to members of the same family.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cadency
     n.
     1 (alternative form of en cadence)
     2 (lb en heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coat
  of arms belonging to members of the same family.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cadency
     n.
     1 (alternative form of en cadence)
     2 (lb en heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coat
  of arms belonging to members of the same family.

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  cadency /kˈeɪdənsi/ 
  cadência

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 韵律;有节奏的调子

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