Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUR'TE-NANCE
PURS'YPU'RU-LENCE, or PU'RU-LEN-CY
PUR'TE-NANCE, n. [from the L. pertinens, pertineo. See Appurtenance.]
Appurtenance; but applied to the pluck of an animal. – Exod. xii.
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