appurtenance
Usually appurtenances . something associated with, accompanying, or belonging to another thing; accessory: A retreat to rolling green hills and idyllic lakes, complete with all the appurtenances of luxury we're used to, is a good stress cure.
Law.Usually appurtenances . a right or privilege, outbuilding, or other asset belonging to and passing with a principal property: The real estate described herein includes all improvements, fixtures, and appurtenances, if any.
belonging, possession, relationship, or origin, or an affix that expresses this: The -i in Israeli is a suffix of appurtenance. The ethnic appurtenance of job applicants is private information.
Origin of appurtenance
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How to use appurtenance in a sentence
appurtenance, ap-pur′ten-ans, n. that which appertains to: an appendage or accessory: (law) a right belonging to a property.
The Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore | Charles HardwickPale sunlight flooded the square, white room where, in all its dignified complexity of appurtenance, the simple meal was laid out.
The Shadow of Life | Anne Douglas SedgwickCurious wooden slat dance appurtenance made to represent lightning and its motions.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained | James StevensonThe two had a simultaneous birth, but it was an appurtenance of the latter that marked the distinction and gave the names.
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British Dictionary definitions for appurtenance
/ (əˈpɜːtɪnəns) /
a secondary or less significant thing or part
(plural) accessories or equipment
property law a minor right, interest, or privilege which passes when the title to the principal property is transferred
Origin of appurtenance
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