purtenance Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pur"te*nance noun

Etymology

Abbrev. fr. appurtenance.

Definitions

1. 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.