bicorporate

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English

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A bicorporate lion.

Etymology

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From bi- +‎ corporate.

Adjective

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bicorporate (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having two bodies.
    • 1857, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, page 152:
      A bicorporate lion, gardant, rampant, counter-rampant, coward, is seen in the arms of John Northampton, Lord Mayor of London []
    • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 378:
      Gules, a bicorporate lion guardant rampant counter-rampant coward or, ducally crowned azure - John NORTHAMPTON, Lord Mayor of London, 1381 and 1382.

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