purtenance

noun — 2 senses

purtenance

noun

Etymology Clipping of appurtenance.

1

Obsolete possession (something that belongs to someone)

1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory.

2

Obsolete The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.

Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:9:

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