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PURTENANCE
Etymology
Noun
purtenance (plural purtenances)
(obsolete) That which pertains or belongs to something.
(obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
Source: Wiktionary
Pur"te*nance, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. appurtenance.]
Definition: That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] " The purtenaunces of purgatory." Piers Plowman. Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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