What does purtenance mean?
Purtenance means (obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone).
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone).
1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory.
Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
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Purtenance means (obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone).
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1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory.
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