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That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.

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  1. n. That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
  2. 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.
  3. That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard,liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] " The purtenaunces ofpurgatory." Piers Plowman.Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance[Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9.
  4. n. That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.