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purtenance
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purtenance \Pur"te*nance\, n. [Abbrev. fr. appurtenance.]
That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard,
liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] " The purtenaunces of
purgatory." --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster]
Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with
the purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. --Ex. xii.
9.
[1913 Webster] Purulence
