appendant
/əˈpɛndənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.30 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
noun
Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
noun
An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Example Sentences
- "a seal appendant to a paper"
- "As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity."
- "If A. be ſeiſed of a mannor whereunto the franchiſe of waife and ſtray and ſuch like are appendant, and the King purchaſeth the mannor with the appurtenances, now are the royall Franchiſes reunited to the Crowne, and not appendant to the Mannor, […]"