What does "belonging" mean?
Belonging: That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
Additional senses
- 2.Family; relations; household. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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