Purtenance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Purtenance is a noun meaning (obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone).
Meaning
(obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone).
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
Example Sentences
1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory.
Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Word Forms
- purtenances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include appurtenaunce, appertinance, appurtenaunt, prebend, propretie, adeption.
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