BELONGING

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

2.
n.

That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

3.
n.

Family; relations; household. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray.


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