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Definition of Pendant
1. Adjective. Held from above. "A pendant bunch of grapes"
2. Noun. An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring).
Generic synonyms: Adornment
Specialized synonyms: Lavalier, Lavaliere, Lavalliere
Group relationships: Necklace, Drop Earring, Eardrop, Pendant Earring
3. Noun. Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.
Definition of Pendant
1. n. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.
Definition of Pendant
1. Noun. (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete in the plural) Testicles. (defdate 15th-17th c.) ¹
3. Noun. A piece of jewelery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
5. Noun. The dangling part of an earring. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pendant
1. a hanging ornament [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pendant
1. 1. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. "Some hang upon the pendants of her ear." (Pope) "Many . . . Have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions." (Keightley) 2. A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc, much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. "[A bridge] with . . . Pendants graven fair." 3. One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase. 4. A pendulum. 5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. Pendant post, a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof. Origin: F, orig. P.pr. Of pendre to hang, L. Pendere. Cf. Pendent, Pansy, Pensive, Poise, Ponder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pendant
Literary usage of Pendant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The sporangiophores, half as numerous as the bracts, bore four pendant sporangia
from their peltate tips. Some cones appear to have been homosporous and ..."
2. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"(See Burner, Ratchet-pendant Electric!) Burner, Automatic-Electric An ... Burner,
Plain-pendant Electric - —A gas - burner provided with a pendant for the ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"... the pendant) did repeat both the hour and quarter with the some thrust. ...
out near t he pendant ; which being thrust in (as now 'tis done by Dodd, ..."
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