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Definition of Bezants
1. bezant [n] - See also: bezant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bezants
Literary usage of Bezants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Arg. on a cross engr. per pale gu. and az. five bezants. BROOKE, Calais. ... Az.
on a quarter-pierced cross az. twenty bezants by fives in saltire. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"coats of Commoners, the arms would be described thus : Argent, a bull passant,
within a border sable, charged with eight bezants ; on a dexter canton, ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"Gazis redeemed himself by paying one hundred thousand golden bezants, and engaged
to maintain a durable peace with the Christians; but his sovereignty was ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1835)
"These bezants were not always of the same weight, fineness, or value, since we
find them ... sen argentei, while or silver bezants, also occur in the ..."
5. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1855)
"Gu, ten bezants, four, three, two, and one. n. The same, with a Chief ermine.43 The
first I take to be the coat of ..."
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