Definitions for "Cadency"
Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.
Marks on a shield of arms denoting 'cadets' or children of the armiger, used within the custom of the granting authority
the system whereby a coat of arms is differenced to distinguished the cadets of a family from its head and from one another. Included in marks of Cadency are the label (1st son), crescent, mollet, martel, annulet, fleur-de-lis, rose, cross flory, octofoil.
Keywords:  rhythmical, recurrent, series
a recurrent rhythmical series