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ap⋅pur⋅te⋅nance

  [uh-pur-tn-uhns]
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–noun
1. something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.
2. Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.
3. appurtenances, apparatus; instruments.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + -purtenance a belonging; see purtenance
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ap·pur·te·nance   (ə-pûr'tn-əns)   
n.  
  1. Something added to another, more important thing; an appendage. See Synonyms at appendage.
  2. appurtenances Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task; gear.
  3. Law A right, privilege, or property that is considered incident to the principal property for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.

[Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Vulgar Latin *appertinentia, from Late Latin appertinēns, appertinent-, present participle of appertinēre, to appertain; see appertain.]
ap·pur'te·nant adj.
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