Appendant

//əˈpɛndənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
  2. 2
    An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Attached as an appendage.
  2. 2
    Annexed; concomitant.

    "a seal appendant to a paper"

  3. 3
    Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.

    "If A. be ſeiſed of a mannor whereunto the franchiſe of waife and ſtray and ſuch like are appendant, and the King purchaſeth the mannor with the appurtenances, now are the royall Franchiſes reunited to the Crowne, and not appendant to the Mannor, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    affixed as an appendage wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accessionaccessoryaccompanimentaddendumadditionadditive

Example

More examples

"As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity."

Etymology

From append + -ant.

Related phrases

appendant body

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