Definition of pendant

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Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features..

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Appendant :: Appendant (n.) Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
Pendicle :: Pendicle (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.
Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked..
Dependant :: Dependant (n.) Alt. of Dependanc.
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended..
Appendant :: Appendant (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Eardrop :: Eardrop (n.) A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops..
Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle..
Earring :: Earring (n.) An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant..
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper..
Appendency :: Appendency (n.) State of being appendant; appendance.
Cotland :: Cotland (n.) Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter..
Appendance :: Appendance (n.) Something appendant.
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) 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..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book..
Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..
Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) A pendulum.
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