Definition of Subordinary. Meaning of Subordinary. Synonyms of Subordinary

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Definition of Subordinary

Subordinary
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.

Meaning of Subordinary from wikipedia

- bottom of the shield. There are also some geometric charges known as subordinaries, which have been given lesser status by some heraldic writers, though...
- In heraldry, an orle is a subordinary consisting of a narrow band occupying the inward half of where a bordure would be, following the exact outline of...
- shield itself. It is sometimes reckoned as an ordinary and sometimes as a subordinary. A bordure encloses the whole shield, with two exceptions: When two coats...
- preordination, quasiorder, reordain, reorder, reordination, suborder, subordinary, subordinate, subordination, superordain, superorder, superordinate,...
- In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture...
- The Esquire is a heraldic charge that is classed as a subordinary in Anglophone heraldry. Its form is defined as resembling the Gyron, as formed of a...
- Timurid and Mughal Dynasty were regarded as intermediaries of their subordinaries and God by virtue of the blessings of the Hazrat Ishaans, who were the...
- preordination, quasiorder, reordain, reorder, reordination, suborder, subordinary, subordinate, subordination, superordain, superorder, superordinate,...
- creatures. A number of geometric charges are sometimes listed among the subordinaries (see above), but as their form is not related to the shape of the shield...
- lists of the ‘honourable ordinaries’, and grouped, if at all, with the subordinaries. The diminutive of the base, occupying one half the height of the ordinary...