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Definition of purtenance - 2 dictionary results

pur⋅te⋅nance

  [pur-tn-uhns]
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–noun
the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; aph. var. of appurtenance
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pur·te·nance   (pûr'tn-əns)   
n.  An animal's viscera or internal organs, especially the heart, liver, and lungs.

[Middle English pertenaunce, purtenaunce, adjunct, from Old French partenance, pertinence, from partenir, to pertain; see pertain.]
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