Be*long"ing, n. [Commonly in the pl.]
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.
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