depending
adj/dɪˈpɛn.dɪŋ/ · /də-/
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Suspended or hanging from another element, such as a shield, helmet, crest, or a badge hanging from a chain.
- Behind the shield are placed in saltire two batons representing that belonging to his office, and round the shield is placed a gold collar of SS, and a triple chain also of gold, and depending from it the proper badge of Lyon King of Arms.1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families – A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, 3rd edition, page 46:
- Derived terms
- dependingly
- Related terms
- depend