ProphetesAI is thinking...
counter-passant
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
counter-passant
ˌcounter-ˈpassant, a. Her. [counter- 14.] Passant or walking in opposite directions.1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xv. (1660) 183 He beareth..two lioncels counterpassant. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v., When two Lions are born in Coats of Arms, and one appears to be passing or walking quite the contrar...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
repassant
reˈpassant, a. Her. (See quot.)c 1828 Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Re-passant, or Counter-Passant, that is, when two lions, or other animals, are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking towards the dexter side of the shield, in the usual way, and the other re-passant by going...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
counter-
ˈcounter- prefix:—ME. and AF. countre-, a. F. contre- (= Pr. It. contra-):—L. contrā adv. and prefix (see contra-) against, in return. The form in which the Lat. prefix has come down through Fr. into Eng. Used in words actually adopted from earlier F., as counterbalance, counterchange, counterfeit, ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai