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pertinence|ˈpɜːtɪnəns|
Also 5–6 -tenaunce, 6 -tenance, -tynense.
[In sense 1, a. OF. partenance, partinance, pertinence, f. partenant, pr. pple. of partenir to belong; cf. purtenance; in 3, from pertinent: see -ence.]
†1. Something which belongs or is an appendage to another larger thing; = purtenance, appurtenance 1 and 2. Obs.
a. Law. An adjunct to property: cf. pertinent n. a.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 509, I, Henricus, duke.., clayme and take..the crowne of Ynglonde with the pertinence. 1455Rolls of Parlt. V. 320/1 The manoir of Whitgift, with the pertinences. 1525Tindale Marg. Notes on Matt. xiv. i. Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 233 Jewry, with her pertenance, was then divided into four lordships.
†b. The offal of a carcase; = purtenance 2.
1535Coverdale Exod. xii. 9 His heade wt his fete and pertenaunce [Bps'., Geneva, 1611 purtenance].
†c. pl. Belongings, appendages, trimmings of a dress. Obs.
1552Inv. Ch. Surrey (1869) 32, j vestement of blacke damaske with the pertynenses.
†2. The fact of pertaining or being attached to. Obs. rare.
c1611Chapman Iliad xiv. 434 Wounding him in that part..Betwixt the short ribs and the bones that to the triple gut Have pertinence.
3. The fact of being pertinent; = pertinency 1.
1659H. Thorndike Wks. (1846) II. 665 The agreement of them with other copies, together with the..pertinence of sense. a1693South 1st Serm. on Eccles. v. 2 Serm. 1737 II. 96 A due ordering of our words..; which is done by pertinence and brevity of expression. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. ii. viii. §8 Montucla calls him [Commandin] the model of commentators for the pertinence and sufficiency of his notes. |