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单词 patonce
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patonceadj.

Brit. /pəˈtɒns/, U.S. /pəˈtɑns/
Forms: 1500s–1600s potonce, 1500s–1600s 1800s– patonce.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French patonce.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman patonce (c1310 or earlier), of uncertain origin; compare Middle French potencée (in croix potencée : see potence adj.), pattée adj. Perhaps compare also patif adj.Apparently first in G. Legh (compare quots. 15621 for cross patonce n., 15622 for cross patonce n.), who wrongly attributes it to J. Hardyng (who has crosse patyfe : see patif adj.). See further H. S. London in Coat of Arms (1956–7) 4 358–364, (1958–9) 5 26–33.
Heraldry.
cross patonce n. a cross with arms that widen from the centre in a curved form and divide into three leaf-shaped points at the end.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > other types of cross
potencec1460
cross patonce1562
entrailed1562
Avellan1610
Greek cross1725
Latin cross1797
pendall?1828
spindle cross1828
Irish cross1832
cross patée1844
Celtic cross1857
Teutonic cross1882
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 59 He bereth Geules, a crosse patonce [so eds. 1568–97; ed. 1612 crois patee] Or. Harding writeth, yt kynge Egberte bare this crosse in his left hand, in battayle, and in his banner like wise.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 63b Crosses floures,..and Crosses Patonces [1591, 1597, 1612 Potonces].
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) ii. vii. 92 The Field is Iupiter, a crosse patonce Sol.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 690/2 The imputed arms of the Confessor, ‘gules, a cross patonce between 5 martlets or’.
1931 Speculum 6 33 His cross is not the plain Latin cross of the Cathedral, but a highly decorated type of cross patonce.
1997 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 7 Sept. b1 The Officer badge is a silver-gilt cross patonce (four arms with three points on each).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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