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purtenance arch.|ˈpɜːtɪnəns| Also 4 purteyn-, 4–6 purten-, purtynaunce, -ans, 5 pourtynans, 5–7 purtin-, portin-, portenaunce, -ance, -anse, 7 purt'nance (purtenants). [ME. a. AF. *purtinaunce, with change of prefix, for OF. parten-, pertinence (cf. purtinaunt, 1278, in pertinent a. 1); thus an earlier form of pertinence, corresp. in vocalization to appurtenance, of which in later times it may have been taken as an aphetic form.] That which pertains or appertains, or forms an appendage, to that which is the principal thing; an appurtenance. †1. a. Law. That which pertains or is an appendage to a possession or estate. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 251, I Jon Baliol þe Scottis King, I bicom þi man for Scotlond þing, With alle þe purtenance þertille. 1432Rolls of Parlt. IV. 396/2 The Maner of Helston, with the Bourgh of the same, with the purtenauncz. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 62 §1 The Maner or Lordshippe of Huntingfield with the purtenauncis in the Countie of Kent. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cxcviii. (R.), That the duke of Lancastre shulde haue for euer..all the countrey of Acquitayne, with the purtenaunces. †b. fig. and gen. = appurtenance 2. Obs.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 71 To habben and to holden..Wiþ þe purtinaunce of purgatorie in-to þe pyne of helle. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 128 Þo soule with his purtenaunses is better þen þo body. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xiii. 226 The tabernacle, the temple, alle the vessellis and purtenauncis ther to weren clepid holi. 2. The ‘inwards’ of an animal; = pluck n.1 6.
c1440Promp. Parv. 410/1 Portenaunce, of a thynge, pertinencia, in plurali excidie. 1530Palsgr. 257/1 Portenaunce of a beest, fressevre. 1532–3Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 3 The heades, neckes, inwardes, purtynaunces, legges, nor feete, shall be counted no parte of the carcases. 1539Bible (Great) Exod. xii. 8 Se that ye eate..therof..rost wt fire: the head, fete, & purtenance therof. [So 1611; 1885 (R.V.) the inwards.] 1592Lyly Midas i. ii, I will only handle the head and purtenance. 1662J. Wilson Cheats v. i, To dream..Of a Calves head, and Purtenants [betokens] a Foreman, and his Fellows! 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy III. xi, May he be damn'd in..his heart and purtenance, down to the very stomach! 1868Browning Ring & Bk. v. 71 How she can dress and dish up—lordly dish Fit for a duke, lamb's head and purtenance. |