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pendant

 
Dictionary: pen·dant1  pen·dent (pĕn'dənt) pronunciation
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n.
  1. Something suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet.
  2. A hanging lamp or chandelier.
  3. A sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling.
  4. One of a matched pair; a companion piece.

[Middle English pendaunt, from Old French pendant, from present participle of pendre, to hang, from Vulgar Latin *pendere, from Latin pendēre.]


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