Literary notes about appertain (AI summary)
The word "appertain" has been used in literature to emphasize belonging or pertinence in various contexts. In theological and philosophical works, it serves to distinguish the inherent nature or origin of ideas—for instance, highlighting that a controversy relates more to the genesis of a concept than its character [1] or that worldly concerns do not belong to the pilgrim-minded [2]. Its usage extends into more technical and lexical realms, where it is defined as denoting connection, as seen in a musical context and dictionary-style entries [3, 4]. Political and legal texts also employ the term with precision, as when it is used to outline the duties, attributes, or principles intrinsic to a society or institution [5, 6, 7]. Additionally, its presence in poetic and historical literature illustrates a broader application, from articulating inherited traditions [8] to asserting that justice is an inherent attribute of a well-ordered system [9].
- And then it should be borne in mind, that our controversy does not appertain so much to the character as to the origin of the Christian religion.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves - Keep thyself as a stranger and a pilgrim upon the earth, to whom the things of the world appertain not.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - tocar t or i touch; play (musical instrument); ring ( a for); appertain, concern ( a ).
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - Apertene , v. to appertain, NED, C3.—OF.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Planks , in a political sense, are the several principles which appertain to a party; platform is the collection of such principles.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - To determine and to distribute appertain to superiority and command; as it does to subjection to accept.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - and Justice shall appertain.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - 220 Upon this meagre statement have been accumulated more traditions than appertain to any other masonic symbol.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - and Justice shall appertain.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele
