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Definition of Belongings
1. Noun. Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone. "He is a man of property"
Generic synonyms: Possession
Specialized synonyms: Material Possession, Tangible Possession, Worldly Belongings, Worldly Goods, Worldly Possessions, Ratables, Rateables, Hereditament, Intellectual Property, Community Property, Personal Estate, Personal Property, Personalty, Private Property, Things, Immovable, Real Estate, Real Property, Realty, Commonage, Landholding, Salvage, Shareholding, Church Property, Spirituality, Spiritualty, Lease, Letting, Rental, Trade-in, Public Property, Wealth, Estate, Heirloom, Stockholding, Stockholdings, Trust
Derivative terms: Belong, Hold
Definition of Belongings
1. Noun. (plural of belonging); possessions or personal items. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belongings
1. belonging [n] - See also: belonging
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belongings
Literary usage of Belongings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud (1912)
"account the presumed will of the dead man.1 The rule: Personal belongings do not
ascend, first of all excluded ascendants from inheriting personal ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"Wherefore I beg that I may change the wording of the topic considered to this—"
Some Aspects of Naval Administration in War, with its Attendant Belongings ..."
3. Arts and Crafts of Our Teutonic Forefathers: Being the Substance of the by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1911)
"Personal belongings ; pouch and chatelaine and their appendages. IF the mouldering
arms in the graves of Teutonic warriors recall to us deeds of romantic ..."
4. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1889)
"In introducing the resolution the speaker referred to the importance of the
subject, and stated that he included in the term " belongings " those things, ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"God bless you and all your belongings. Kind regards to your husband. Ever affectionately
yours, LETTER 231. JANE W. CARLYLE. ..."
6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"the knife in his hand and hunted through his pile of belongings for the whetstone
to hone its edge. Greg looked at the knife, and Andy followed his gaze to ..."
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