appension

noun3

1. •
   Something that was appended; an addendum.
2. •
   (historical) A healing or protective charm.
3. •
   (no longer used) The act of appending or attaching.

   • Over this Tohu or Nothing it was, that he stretched the North or Firmament, and then hang'd the Earth upon the same Nothing . But of this manner of appension somewhat more is to be said . — 1671