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in vigilance

in vigilance phrase: standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.

in vigilance: standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg
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Phrase

in vigilance

  1. Standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.
    • Arms : Azure standing within a crown gold surmounting a conical mound in base vert a crane in her vigilance all silver.1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms, page 10
    • Or, a crane in her vigilance, azure, standing in reeds proper.1943, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 133

Questions about in vigilance

What does in vigilance mean?
In vigilance means standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.
What part of speech is in vigilance?
In vigilance is a phrase.

Words near in vigilance in the dictionary

  1. in vacuo
  2. in vain
  3. in very deed
  4. in view
  5. in view of
  6. in vigilance
  7. in vino veritas
  8. in virtue of
  9. in virtue of which
  10. in vitro
  11. in vitro fertilisation

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