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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