[Illustration:  ORLE.]

ORLE.  A subordinate ordinary composed of double lines going round the shield at some distance from its edge; it is half the width of the bordure.

OVER ALL.  This expression describes a figure borne over another and obscuring part of it.

[Illustration:  Over all]

EX.  Quarterly or and gules, over all a bend vair.

PALE.  One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two perpendicular lines drawn from the base to the chief.  The pale occupies one third of the shield.

[Illustration:  Pale]

EX.  Azure, a pale or

PALL.  A scarf in the shape of the letter Y, forming part of the vesture of a Roman Catholic prelate.  It is introduced as the principal bearing of the archbishops of Canterbury, Armagh, and Dublin.

[Illustration:  Pall]

Ex.  Azure, on a pall argent, four crosses fitchy sable, in chief a cross pattee of the second.

[Illustration:  PALLET]

PALLET.  A diminutive of the pale.

PALY.  A field divided by perpendicular lines into several equal parts of metal and tincture interchangeably disposed.

[Illustration:  Paly]

Ex.  Paly of four, argent and gules.

PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted 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.