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Belonging
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray.