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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
subordinary — noun Any device that is less common than the normal ordinaries … Wiktionary
subordinary — noun (plural subordinaries) Heraldry a simple device or bearing that is less common than the ordinaries … English new terms dictionary
subordinary — sub·ordinary … English syllables
subordinary — n. (pl. ies) Heraldry a device or bearing that is common but less so than ordinaries … Useful english dictionary
Ordinary (heraldry) — Shield Field Supporter Supporter Motto (Scotland) Cres … Wikipedia
Orle (heraldry) — Argent, an orle gules 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 the shield but within it, showing the field between the outer edge of… … Wikipedia
bend — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
canon of the Mass — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chevron — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chief — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
