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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 87 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENDANT (through Fr. from See also:Lat. pendere, to hang)  , any See also:hanging See also:object, such as a See also:jewel or other See also:ornament hanging from a See also:brooch, See also:bracelet, Sec., or the loose end of a See also:knight's See also:belt See also:left hanging after passing through the See also:buckle, and terminating in an ornamental end . In See also:architecture the word is applied to an elongated See also:boss, either moulded or foliated, such as hangs down from the intersection of ribs, especially in See also:fan See also:tracery, or at the end of See also:hammer beams . Sometimes See also:long corbels, under the See also:wall pieces, have been so called . The name has also been given to the large masses depending from enriched ceilings, in the later See also:works of the Pointed See also:style . " Pendants " or " Pendent posts " are those timbers which are carried down the See also:side of the wall from the See also:plate, and receive the hammer braces .

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