pendant

adj. hung, suspended; pending, undecided

n. piece of jewelry designed to hang; flag, banner

A pendant (from Old French) is a hanging object, generally attached to a necklace or an earring. In modern French this is a word meaning “during” (also the gerund form of "hanging"). Pendants have several purposes: ornamentationidentification (i.e. religious symbols, sexual symbols, symbols of rock bands)protection (i.e. amulets, religious symbols)self-affirmation (i.e. initials, names)ostentation (i.e. jewels).award (i.e Scouting Ireland Chief Scout's Award, Order of CúChulainn)
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Noun
1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
(hypernym) adornment
(hyponym) lavaliere, lavalier, lavalliere
(part-holonym) necklace
2. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
(synonym) chandelier
(hypernym) lighting fixture

n. counterpart, duplicate, equivalent, complement

prep. during, for, over

adj. hanging, pending, pendulous, pensile

n. pendant, piece of jewelry designed to hang

v. hang; hang down; strangle