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Definition of Portate
1. a. Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.
Definition of Portate
1. in heraldry, in a carrying position [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portate
Literary usage of Portate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... portate dentro ; e cosi fatta, come primo ho detto, la circoncisione, fu finita
questa festa. " Noi speravamo d'obtener' ..."
2. Readings on the Inferno of Dante: Based Upon the Commentary of Benvenuto Da by Dante Alighieri, William Warren Vernon, Edward Moore (1906)
"He thinks that, if the words dal voler portate were interpreted as referring to
the doves, the sentence would be unnecessary and superfluous, for the doves ..."
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