CADENCY


Meaning of CADENCY in English

■ noun chiefly Heraldry the status of a younger branch of a family.

Origin

C17 (in the sense 'rhythm or metrical beat'): based on L. cadent- , cadere 'to fall'; the current sense is appar. by assoc. with cadet .

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