sejant, sejeant

[Norm. Fr. & Fr. séant, pr. par. of seoir (Lat. sedeo )=to sit.] Her.: Sitting, as a cat, with the forelegs straight. (Applied to a lion, .) (1) Sejant addorsed: Sitting back to back. (Said of two animals.) (ADDORSED.] (2) Sejant affronté : Borne in full face, sitting with the forepaws extended sideways, as the lion in crest of Scotland. (3) Sejant rampant : [RAMPANT-SEJANT.] *se-join', *se-joyn, v. t . [Latin sejungo , from se apart, and jun go to join.] To separate, to put or set apart. "There is no reason we should be sejoyned in the censure." Bp. Hall: The Hypocrite.