Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing of simple figure, often appearing, but not considered so common or so important as one of the ordinaries. See
ordinary , 9.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See
ordinary .
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- noun heraldry Any
device that is less common than the normalordinaries
Etymologies
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Examples
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Minor geometric charges (subordinaries) are those which (except for the border) do not reach the edge of the shield; if used with an ordinary, the subordinary is placed on top.
Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson
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It possesses the merit of having started the whole question as to the origin of species; it may explain subordinary developments; natural selection may have coöperated as a regulator in the whole progress and the whole preservation of organic life.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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There are central and subordinary fire stations, all connected together by telegraph and telephone.
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The Palindrome is part of anti-intellectual America's celebration of the ordinary, even the subordinary-the theater of accessible fantasies.
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The Palindrome is part of anti-intellectual America's celebration of the ordinary, even the subordinary-the theater of accessible fantasies.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Brad Reed, Commonweal Institute 2009
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