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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pendant \Pend"ant\, noun [F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. {Pendent}, {Pansy}, {Pensive}, {Poise}, {Ponder}.]
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. (Arch.) 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.'' --Spenser.
3. (Fine Arts) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
4. A pendulum. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] --Knight.
{Pendant post} (Arch.), 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pendant
noun
1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: {chandelier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "pendant": accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, arras, associate, attachment, augment, augmentation, banner, bob, brother, chandelier, close copy, close match, coattail, coda, cognate, color, companion, complement, concomitant, congenator, congener, continuation, coordinate, corollary, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, curtain, drape, drapery, drop, ear lobe, earring, ensign, equivalent, extension, extrapolation, fellow, fixture, flag, flap, fringe, hammock, hanger, hanging, icicle, image, increase, increment, jack, kindred spirit, lappet, like, likeness, lobation, lobe, lobule, locket, mate, medallion, near duplicate, necklace, obverse, offshoot, ornament, parallel, pendulum, pennant, pennon, picture, pigtail, plumb bob, queue, reciprocal, reinforcement, second self, side effect, side issue, similitude, simulacrum, sister, skirt, soul mate, stalactite, standard, streamer, such, suchlike, supplement, swing, tail, tailpiece, tally, tapestry, tassel, the like of, the likes of, tippet, trail, train, twin, undergirding, uvula, wattle
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