bicorporate

English

A bicorporate lion.

Etymology

From bi- +‎ corporate.

Adjective

bicorporate (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having two bodies.
   • 1857, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, page 152:

     A bicorporate lion, gardant, rampant, counter-rampant, coward, is seen in the arms of John Northampton, Lord Mayor of London […]

   • 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 378:

     Gules, a bicorporate lion guardant rampant counter-rampant coward or, ducally crowned azure - John NORTHAMPTON, Lord Mayor of London, 1381 and 1382.

Synonyms

• bicorporated, bicorporal

Coordinate terms

• tricorporated

Further reading

• “bicorporate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.