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purtenances

purtenances is the plural of purtenance.

Meaning of purtenance

Noun

purtenance (plural purtenances)

  1. (obsolete) possession (something that belongs to someone)
    • The purtenaunces of purgatory.1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman
  2. (obsolete) The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
    • Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:9

Questions about purtenances

What is purtenances the plural of?
Purtenances is the plural of purtenance.

Words near purtenances in the dictionary

  1. Purtee
  2. Purtees
  3. Purtell
  4. Purtells
  5. purtenance
  6. purtenances
  7. purtier
  8. purtiest
  9. Purtill
  10. purtily
  11. purtiness

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