appendant

adjective

ap·pen·dant ə-ˈpen-dənt

: belonging as a right by prescription

—used of annexed land in English law

: associated as an attendant circumstance

[append] : attached as an appendage

a seal appendant to a document

appendant noun

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What is the relationship between the Masons and its appendant organizations — the Rainbow Girls and Order of the Eastern Star? —

Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendēre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad- + pendēre to hang (intransitive verb)

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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