A pendant (from Old French) silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas is a hanging object, generally attached to a necklace or an earring silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas . In modern French this is a word meaning “during” (also the gerund form of "hanging"). silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas Pendants have several purposes: silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas

• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas ornamentation silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas identification (i.e. religious symbols, sexual symbols, symbols of rock bands) silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas protection (i.e. amulets, religious symbols) silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas self-affirmation (i.e. initials, names) silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas   ostentation (i.e. jewels). silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas  award (i.e Scouting Ireland Chief Scout's Award, Order of CúChulainn) silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas

silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas These purposes can be combined (i.e. a richly jewelled symbol). silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas 

Other meanings

• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas A teach pendant silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas is a portable control device used in industrial robotics silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas.
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas A cable pendant silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas is one of a series of cables that is horizontally suspended across a flight deck of aircraft carriers for aircraft to land by catching with tailhook.
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas A nautical pendant silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas is a length of cable or rope, silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas usually of a short length, that has eyes or fittings, or both, at the ends for attachment to vessels and bollards or buoys.
• silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas A pendant silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas is a common item used in hypnosis silver jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, gift ideas.