appurtenant

[ uh-pur-tn-uhnt ]

adjective

1. appertaining or belonging; pertaining.

noun

1. an appurtenance.

appurtenant

/ əˈpɜːtɪnənt /

adjective

1. relating, belonging, or accessory

noun

1. another word for appurtenance

Word History and Origins

Origin of appurtenant¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English appurtenaunt, ap(p)pertenant, ap(p)ertenent, from Anglo-French, Old French appartenant, appertenant, from Late Latin appertinent- (stem of appertinēns, present participle of appertinēre “to belong to, appertain to”); appurtenance

Example Sentences

The second was the peril to the Chinese polity, the danger that China might become politically appurtenant to some foreign power of group of powers.

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That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.

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A hundred court, especially in the west of England, was often appurtenant to the chief manor in the hundred, and passed with a grant of the manor without being expressly mentioned.

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However this may be, its constant occurrence forms another germ of a necessary contrast between the two classes which afterwards developed into common appendant and common appurtenant.

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Katheline received her black lord and his friend in the keet, which is the wash house and the bakery appurtenant to the main dwelling.

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Related Words

• admissible
• applicable
• compatible
• consistent
• germane
• important
• pertinent
• proper
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