"repassant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Compare French repassant, present participle. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|repassant}} French repassant Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} repassant (not comparable)
  1. (heraldry, rare) Counterpassant. Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Heraldry
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          "ref": "1638, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 194:",
          "text": "[...] Hee beareth, Sable, two lyoncels, the one paffant, the other repassant, Argent, both collared, Gules, but in mine opinion no man by this last blazon is able to tricke, or expresse the true portraiture and manner of the bearing of these lioncels, […]",
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