Category:Purtenance

Pur"te*nance, n. Etym: [abbrev. fr. appurtenance.]

Defn: 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.