appendance

noun

ap·​pend·​ance

-dən(t)s

variants or appendancy

-dənsē,

-si

plural appendances or appendancies

: the quality or state of being appendant

Word History

Etymology

Middle French apendance, from Old French, from apendre to be attached, depend, belong, append (from Late Latin appendere to suspend) + -ance

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