Meaning

(archaic) Issuing, emerging..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) Issuing, emerging.
2. (heraldry) Issuing or emerging from something, especially from the bottom (or a division) of the field or chief, or from an ordinary.
3. (heraldry, by extension, of an animal) Having only the upper half depicted, especially if because it is issuing from something (such as a division of the field). (Compare naissant.)

Example Sentences

It is the place that whatever goodness a damned human being has is amplified. Thus, hell is issuant from God's love. God is maximally good even to those beings that by their acquired nature must be eternally separated from heaven.

The lion is issuant from a heraldic crown of gold on which are arranged the rose (for England), the thistle (for Scotland), the leek (for Wales), and the oak-leaf (for Great Britisn as a whole).

Word Forms

• issant

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