sejant

or se·jeant

[ see-juhnt ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. (of an animal) represented in a sitting posture:

   a lion sejant.

sejant

/ ˈsiːdʒənt /

adjective

1. usually postpositive heraldry (of a beast) shown seated

Word History and Origins

Origin of sejant¹

1490–1500; variant of seiante < Anglo-French; Middle French seant, equivalent to se- (stem of seoir < Latin sedēre to sit ¹ ) + -ant -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of sejant¹

C16: variant of seant, from Old French, from seoir to sit, from Latin sedēre

Example Sentences

A dog is “passant, sejant then couchant,” and beekeepers go about “their Georgic business…mobled in muslin, calm-browed comb-setters and swarm-handlers of the scattered thorps.”

From Slate

The arms are represented upon a banner, the staff of which is supported by an animal in a rampant, or, more usually, in a sejant, posture.

From Project Gutenberg

Sejant: sitting down with his head elevated, No. 178.

From Project Gutenberg

A Scottish Lion sejant usually has his fore paws raised in the air, and in English terms of blazon would be described as “Sejant erect” or “Sejant rampant.”

From Project Gutenberg

As a Supporter the Lion is represented rampant, rampant reguardant, and sejant rampant.

From Project Gutenberg