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Synonyms for appurtenance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-pur-tn-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɜr tn əns


Définition of appurtenance

Origin :
  • c.1300, "right, privilege or possession subsidiary to a principal one," from Anglo-French apurtenance (12c.), Old French apartenance, present participle of apartenir "be related to," from Latin appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pertinere "belong to" (see pertain).
  • noun accessory
Example sentences :
  • Yet we say, "I have hope," and there hope would be in the category of Having, Appurtenance.
  • Extract from : « Logic, Inductive and Deductive » by William Minto
  • Appurtenance, ap-pur′ten-ans, n. that which appertains to: an appendage or accessory: (law) a right belonging to a property.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an appurtenance of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • One other appurtenance of a dining-room is found in all early inventories—a voider.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
  • It may be called the Garden of Eden Room, for in every part and appurtenance it speaks of sweet content and blessed repose.
  • Extract from : « The House of the Lord » by James E. Talmage
  • Pale sunlight flooded the square, white room where, in all its dignified complexity of appurtenance, the simple meal was laid out.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • The two had a simultaneous birth, but it was an appurtenance of the latter that marked the distinction and gave the names.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Classics » by Various
  • The Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life.
  • Extract from : « Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore » by Charles Hardwick
  • Kwaque he merely accepted, as an appurtenance, as a part of the human landscape, as a chattel of Dag Daughtry.
  • Extract from : « Michael, Brother of Jerry » by Jack London
  • Dinner was served in a small white Georgian dining-room, with every appurtenance of almost Sybaritic luxury.
  • Extract from : « The Evil Shepherd » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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