by a line, which always runs in the direction
of one or more of the honourable ordinaries, as may be seen in the
following examples:--

[Illustration: Parted per pale and par bend sinister]

PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules.

[Illustration: Parted per pale and per chevron]

PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON. Gules and or, counter changed.

PARTY PER FESS. A shield parted in the centre by an horizontal line
through the fess point.

[Illustration: Party per fess]

Ex. Party per fess, engrailed, argent and gules.

PARTY PER PALE. This signifies a shield parted by a perpendicular line
down the centre, so that one shield may contain two coats of arms.

[Illustration: Party per pale]

Ex. Parted per pale, gules and argent.

PASCHAL LAMB, or HOLY LAMB.

[Illustration: Paschal lamb]

Ex. Argent, a lamb passant, carrying a banner charged with a cross.

PASSANT. Passing or walking. See LION PASSANT and PASSANT GUARDANT.

PATONCE. See CROSS.

PATTE. A cross small in the centre, wide at the ends. See CROSS.

PATRIARCHAL CROSS. Cross used by patriarchs in the Greek church. See
CROSS.

PEARL. A precious stone, used by ancient heralds for argent in
emblazoning the arms of peers.

PEAN. The name of a fur, the field sable, the tufts or.

PEER. Name given to all persons included in the rank of nobility.

PELLETS. A name given to black roundlets.

PENDANT. A shield suspended or hanging from a branch of a tree,
or from a nail. Shields of arms frequently appear drawn thus in
architecture, and when described are said to be pendant.

[Illustration: Pennons]

PENNONS. Small flags borne at the end of a lance of an esquire or
gentleman bearing his paternal arms. The end of the pennon was cut
off upon the person being created a knight banneret. See BANNERET.
Penoncels or Pencils were small flags decorating the helmet or the
horse armour. They are now only used at funerals. The large flag in
the engraving is a pennon, the smaller, penoncels or pencils.

PHEON. A missile instrument with a barbed head, thrown from a cross
bow.

[Illustration: Pheon]

Ex. Argent, a pheon proper.

PIERCED OR PERFORATED. Cut through the centre.

[Illustration: Pierced]

Ex. Argent, a mullet pierced, sable, on a chief azure, three mullets
pierced, of the first.

PILE. An angular figure like a wedge, formed by lines running from the
dexter and sinister chief to the middle base.

[Illustration: Pi