a city of the hither India, the capital of the territory of the same name, in the province of Bengal: E. long 85°, and N. lat. 26°.

PATANCE, in heraldry, is a cross, flory at the ends; from which it differs only in this, that the ends, instead of turning down like a fleur-de-lis, are extended somewhat in the pattee-form. See FLORY.