Thesaurus / appurtenance
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Appurtenance, ap-pur′ten-ans, n. that which appertains to: an appendage or accessory: (law) a right belonging to a property.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSThe Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life.
TRADITIONS, SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLK-LORECHARLES HARDWICKPale sunlight flooded the square, white room where, in all its dignified complexity of appurtenance, the simple meal was laid out.
THE SHADOW OF LIFEANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICKCurious wooden slat dance appurtenance made to represent lightning and its motions.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINEDJAMES STEVENSONThe two had a simultaneous birth, but it was an appurtenance of the latter that marked the distinction and gave the names.
ATLANTIC CLASSICSVARIOUSKwaque he merely accepted, as an appurtenance, as a part of the human landscape, as a chattel of Dag Daughtry.
MICHAEL, BROTHER OF JERRYJACK LONDONDinner was served in a small white Georgian dining-room, with every appurtenance of almost Sybaritic luxury.
THE EVIL SHEPHERDE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMHis neck was well in the collar; his fee book had become more than a merely ornamental appurtenance.
A YOUNG MAN'S YEARANTHONY HOPEEcholalia, however, is not an exclusive appurtenance of those who tic.
TICS AND THEIR TREATMENTHENRY MEIGNEBe satisfied with your delightful new flat trunk, that is the only steamer appurtenance you need.
SIX GIRLS AND THE TEA ROOMMARION AMES TAGGARTWORDS RELATED TO APPURTENANCE
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