Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN-TER-PAS'SANT
COUN'TER-PARTCOUN-TER-PE-TI'TION
COUN-TER-PAS'SANT, a. [counter and passant.]
In heraldry, is when two lions in a coat of arms are represented as going contrary ways. – Bailey. Encyc.
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