Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Subordinary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subordinary \Sub*or"di*na*ry\, n. (Her.)
One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an
ordinary. See {Ordinary}.
Note: 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.
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