Meaning of "sejant" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEJANT

Variant of seant, from Old French, from seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SEJANT

sejant  [ˈsiːdʒənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEJANT

Sejant is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEJANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attitude (heraldry)

In heraldry, an attitude is the position in which an animal, fictional beast, mythical creature, human or human-like being is emblazoned as a charge, supporter or crest. Many attitudes apply only to predatory beasts and are exemplified by the beast most frequently found in heraldry—the lion. Some other terms apply only to docile animals, such as the doe. Other attitudes describe the positions of birds, mostly exemplified by the bird most frequently found in heraldry—the eagle. The term naiant, however, is usually reserved for fish but may also apply to swans, ducks or geese. Birds are often further described by the exact position of their wings. The term segreant is apparently reserved for mythical creatures, as this term is the approximation of rampant as it applies to winged quadrupeds such as griffins and dragons. Additionally, there are positions applying to direction, to indicate variations from the presumed position of any charge. Animals and animal-like creatures are presumed to be shown in profile, facing dexter, and humans and human-like beings are presumed to be shown affronté, unless otherwise specified in the blazon.

Definition of sejant in the English dictionary

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TRANSLATION OF SEJANT

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The translations of sejant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sejant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: sejant
• Translator English - Spanish: sejant
• English: sejant
• Translator English - Hindi: sejant
• Translator English - Arabic: sejant
• Translator English - Russian: sejant
• Translator English - Portuguese: sejant
• Translator English - Bengali: sejant
• Translator English - French: sejant
• Translator English - Malay: Sejaman
• Translator English - German: sejant
• Translator English - Japanese: sejant
• Translator English - Korean: sejant
• Translator English - Javanese: Sejant
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ngồi như sư tử
• Translator English - Tamil: குல மரபுச் சின்னத்தில் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் வகையில் அமைக்கப்பட்ட
• Translator English - Marathi: Sejant
• Translator English - Turkish: sejant
• Translator English - Italian: sejant
• Translator English - Polish: sejant
• Translator English - Ukrainian: sejant
• Translator English - Romanian: sejant
• Translator English - Greek: sejant
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sittende
• Translator English - Swedish: sejant
• Translator English - Norwegian: sejant

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEJANT»

Discover the use of sejant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sejant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Complete Guide to Heraldry

With 770 detailed illustrations designed to aid in tracing family lineage, this book will help historians, genealogists, collectors, and anglophiles sift through the records of history and better understand the past.

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 2007

A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests: Heraldic Crests of Suffolk ...

Bokenham A griffin sejant Argent beaked legged and winged Azure pierced through the breast with a broken tilting spear Proper and holding the bottom part of the broken spear in the sinister claw. HOWELL, HOVELL. Fairbairn, ' ofNorthamp.

Joan Corder, John Blatchly, 1998

Fairbairns Crests of the Families of Great Britain and ...

Burgh, Ulysses, Baron Downes. .See Downes. Burgh, K.C.B., Iri., a mountain-cat, sejant, ppr., (collared and chained, or.) PL 24, cr. 6. Burgh, an arm, in armour, couped, fesswise, elbow on the wreath, hand apaumée, ppr., ribboned and bowed.

James Fairbairn, Laurence Butters, 1860

Silver at Williamsburg: Drinking Vessels

1. Covered cup by the Hound Sejant Maker. 1 COVERED CUP BY THE HOUND SEJAN T MAKER The Hound Sejant Maker London, 1649 / 50 Fully marked beneath base Silver gilt H. inc. cover 8"; H. of body 5"; Diam. at rim 4%" Wgt. 28 oz.

John A. Hyman, 1994

Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry

15. Seax, a cimeter, with a semi-circular notch, hollowed out of the back of the blade. It is said to be formed exactly like the Saxon sword, and is thus drawn in the crest of Gomtn. See Plate XLIII. fig. 20. Sedant. The same as Sejant. Seeded.

William Berry, 1828

The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, ...

Crest — A talbot sejant sa. collared and winged or, charged on the shoulder with a mullet ar. for diff. Temple (Stow, co. Bucks, bart. ; descended from Peter Temple , Esq., of Stow, second son of Thomas Temple, Esq., of Whitney, temp. Edward ...

Bernard Burke

Dictionary of Heraldry

See Courant 6 Hare sejant playing upon the bagpipes. Fitz-Ercald 7 Calopus, or Chatloup pass, quarterly or. and sa. horned of the last. Foljambe 8 Fox courant g Fox saliant io Two Foxes counter-saliant ii Foxe's head erased 12 Alant statant ...

Charles Norton Elvin, Elvin, 2009

The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the ...

Lion sejant, or sitting. See Pl. 14, fig. 54. Lion of St. Mark, as borne in the arms of the Republic of Venice. See Pl. 23, fig. 7. Lion eouchant. See Pl. 14, fig. M. Lion dormant. See Pl. 14, fig. 56. Lion rampant, collared and chained. See Pl. 14, fig.

Thomas Robson (engraver.), 1830

British Crests: Containing The Creats And Mottos Of The ...

Blenerhasset of Lowdham, Suffolk, a fox sejant, gples. PL 33. cr. 8. Blenerhasset, Suffolk, a wolf sejant, gules, his tail between his legs, fleeting over his back, langued, azure. PL 25. cr. 4. Blenman of Grascombe, Somersetshire, an arm couped ...

Alexander Deuchar, 1817

The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the ...

Crest, a winged greyhound sejant. Burghopp. See Burghf.pp. Burght, ar. on a saltier sa. three bars wavy or. Burghull, [Ireland] paly of six, or and sa. Biirghull, [ Ireland] paly of six, ar. and sa. on a bend gu. three escallops of the first. Burghwash ...

Thomas Robson, 1830

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEJANT»

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In Defense of Cool Old Symbols

The lion rampant (along with its cousins, the lions couchant, stantant, salient, and sejant) is of course a heraldic device. Knock the stars off the bars in the flag of ... «Patheos, Jun 15»

The untold story of the British Rail logo

Out would go the incumbent heraldic badge with its connotations of the steam age – a red lion in the heraldic sejant erect position, grasping a train wheel – and ... «BT.com, Mar 15»

Missed out on the New Year's Honours? You can still get a coat of …

A coat of arms awarded in 2013 to Graham Upton, featuring a kangaroo A coat of arms awarded in 2013 featuring a kangaroo sejant. Yes, that means sitting up. «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 14»

Last Supper utensils whet appetites of avid collectors

... the maidenhead figure, probably representing the Virgin Mary; the wrythen or spiral knop; the lion sejant figure, surmounted by a small figure of a seated lion, ... «Irish Independent, Oct 14»

80 years after he walked across Europe, a travel writer's final volume

A dog is “passant, sejant then couchant,” and beekeepers go about “their Georgic business. mobled in muslin, calm-browed comb-setters and swarm-handlers ... «Concord Monitor, Mar 14»

The World's Greatest Travel Writer and His First Journey

A dog is “passant, sejant then couchant,” and beekeepers go about “their Georgic business…mobled in muslin, calm-browed comb-setters and swarm-handlers ... «Slate Magazine, Mar 14»

Detentieboten Zaandam blijven

Sejant detail: Terwijl Geke Faber een dag later een kunstexpositie opende gaf ze bij aanvang van de vergadering te kennen dat de raadsleden (van onder meer ... «Ravage, Sep 11»

Royal wedding: Why the Middletons are about to be impaled

Kate Middleton got off lightly with her coat of arms. Another recent grant was surmounted with a crest of “a Sea-Elephant sejant affronty with two piscine tails in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 11»