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.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 509, I, Henricus, duke.., clayme and take..the crowne of Ynglonde with the pertinence. 1455 Rolls of Parlt. V. 320/1 The manoir of Whitgift, with the pertinences. 1525 Tindale 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.
| 1535 Coverdale Exod. xii. 9 His heade w{supt} his fete and pertenaunce [Bps'., Geneva, 1611 purtenance]. |
† c. pl. Belongings, appendages, trimmings of a dress. Obs.
| 1552 Inv. Ch. Surrey (1869) 32, j vestement of blacke damaske with the pertynenses. |
† 2. The fact of pertaining or being attached to. Obs. rare.
| c 1611 Chapman 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.
| 1659 H. Thorndike Wks. (1846) II. 665 The agreement of them with other copies, together with the..pertinence of sense. a 1693 South 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. 1837–9 Hallam Hist. Lit. ii. viii. §8 Montucla calls him [Commandin] the model of commentators for the pertinence and sufficiency of his notes. |