\Be*long"ing\, n. [Commonly in the pl.]
1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one;
   hence, goods or effects. ``Thyself and thy belongings.''
   --Shak.

2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing;
   an appendage; an appurtenance.

3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]

         Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped,
         before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
                                               --Thackeray.