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Webster 1913 Edition


Purtenance

Pur′te-nance

,
Noun.
[Abbrev. fr.
appurtenance
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Purtenance

PUR'TENANCE

,
Noun.
[from the L.pertinens, pertineo. See Appurtenance.] Appurtenance; but applied to the pluck of an animal, Ex.12.

Definition 2024


purtenance

purtenance

English

Noun

purtenance (plural purtenances)

  1. (obsolete) That which pertains or belongs to something.
    • Piers Plowman
      The purtenaunces of purgatory.
  2. (obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
    • Bible (Exodus xii. 9)
      Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.