SEJANT Definition & Meaning

sejant

or ��·��𲹲Գ�

[ see-juhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Heraldry.

(of an animal) represented in a sitting posture:
a lion sejant.

sejant

/ ˈ��ː��ə�Գ� /

adjective

usually postpositive heraldry (of a beast) shown seated

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sejant¹

1490–1500; variant of seiante < Anglo-French; Middle French seant, equivalent to se- (stem of seoir < Latin ��ŧ�� to sit ¹ ) + -ant -ant

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sejant¹

C16: variant of seant, from Old French, from seoir to sit, from Latin ��ŧ��

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A dog is “passant, sejant then couchant,” and beekeepers go about “their Georgic business…mobled in muslin, calm-browed comb-setters and swarm-handlers of the scattered thorps.”

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The arms are represented upon a banner, the staff of which is supported by an animal in a rampant, or, more usually, in a sejant, posture.

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Sejant: sitting down with his head elevated, No. 178.

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A Scottish Lion sejant usually has his fore paws raised in the air, and in English terms of blazon would be described as “Sejant erect” or “Sejant rampant.”

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As a Supporter the Lion is represented rampant, rampant reguardant, and sejant rampant.

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