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Definition of Lioncel
1. n. A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
Definition of Lioncel
1. Noun. (heraldiccharge) A small lion, when one of several in a coat of arms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lioncel
1. a small lion used as a bearing (heraldry) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lioncel
Literary usage of Lioncel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine by John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (1803)
"lioncel. OUR readers will be happy to learn that the Editors of the Churchman's
Remembrancer, proceeding in their excellent undertaking, ..."
2. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"Thus the Roman de Garis :— " Escu ot d'or, a un lioncel bis, ... (His shield has
on a field of gold a brown lioncel, ..."
3. Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum by Walter de Gray Birch (1894)
"Suspended by a strap from a branching tree, on the sinister branch a helmet topped
with a lioncel as in the arms. Behind the shield on the dexter side, ..."
4. De controversia in curia militari inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum by Sir Richard Le Scrope, Richard Scrope (1832)
"... and rebuilt, in which church might be found the arms of Scrope \na glass
window, Azure, abend Or, with a small lioncel purpure in the canton of the ..."
5. Heraldry, Historical and Popular by Charles Boutell (1863)
"... the middle one charged with a lioncel passant of the field, (Roll of Arms, AD
1337-1350) ... the Calais Roll of EDWARD III, this lioncel is rampant. ..."
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