Dictionary entry

Belonging

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Be‐long″ing, n. [Commonly in the pl.] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. “Thyself and thy belongings.” Shak.

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

3. Family; relations; household.

Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.

Thackeray.