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se⋅jant

[see-juhnt]
–adjective Heraldry.
(of an animal) represented in a sitting posture: a lion sejant.
Also, sejeant.


Origin:
1490–1500; var. of seiante < AF; MF seant, equiv. to se- (s. of seoir < L sedēre to sit 1 ) + -ant -ant
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