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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pertain/pəˈteɪn/

▶verb

1 (pertain to) be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
■ chiefly Law belong to something as a part, appendage, or accessory.

2 formal be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time: none of these circumstances pertained during the Jurassic.

– origin ME: from OFr. partenir, from L. pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’.

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"Formal", as in 'pertaining to form'
Adjective pertaining to the word 'chancellor'
Inside (there) was information pertaining to this apartment.

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