counter-potent love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, charged with a pattern composed of tau-shaped figures supposed to represent the tops of tau-staffs.

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Examples

  • The family bear: Or, a cross potent and counter-potent sable, charged with a fleur-de-lis or; and 'Dieu saulve le Roi notre Sire,' for motto.

    The Lily of the Valley Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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