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DEFINITION of 'Appurtenance'. 1. A legal term denoting the attachment of a right or property to a more worthy principal. Appurtenance occurs when the attachment becomes part of the property such as a furnace or air conditioning unit. 2. An object or privilege associated with status, title or affluence.
Merriam-Webster 's definition of revenant is one that returns after death or a long absence.. In that the subject returns from death, one can easily see an association of the term with the undead in fantasy and horror fiction.On the other hand, unlike zombies, the revenant's long absence does imply a certain anachronism in its eventual return. In Peter Straub 's Ghost Story, the female ghost is a revenant as declared by the protagonist. 2  The revenant manifests itself throughout time and space at will and as different personalities to fulfill its mission of vengeance.