Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in vigilance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: in- vig-i-lance
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.

Example Sentences

"Arms : Azure standing within a crown gold surmounting a conical mound in base vert a crane in her vigilance all silver."
"Or, a crane in her vigilance, azure, standing in reeds proper."
"Quarterly; 1st and 4th azure, crane in his vigilance argent, gorged of a crown or; second and third[…]"
"If by chance it falls asleep, the stone would drop and thus awaken it. In heraldry, the cranes most often were presented as in vigilance."
"Crest. A crane in its vigilance. Motto. Vigilantia (Seal on Col Paumiér's will)."
"KHVOSHCHINSKY -1- A : Per fess gules and azure, in chief fesswise a crescent points couped in pale Or, and in base a crane in its vigilance, proper."

Questions

What does in vigilance mean?: Standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.

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