Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cadency"
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) 1.7 (wn)
cadency
n : a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: {cadence}]
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