purtenance

pur·te·nance

(pûr′tn-əns)

n. Obsolete

An animal's viscera or internal organs, especially the heart, liver, and lungs.

[Middle English pertenaunce, purtenaunce, adjunct, from Old French partenance, pertinence, from partenir, to pertain; see pertain.]

(ˈpɜːtɪnəns)

(Anatomy) archaic the inner organs, viscera

[C14: from Old French pertinance something that belongs; see appurtenance]

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9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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