purtenance

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of appurtenance. === Noun === purtenance (plural purtenances) (obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone) 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman The purtenaunces of purgatory. (obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal. === References === “purtenance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.