Purveyance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purveyance \Pur*vey"ance\, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.]
     1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence;
        foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer.
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              The ill purveyance of his page.       --Spenser.


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     2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
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     3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by
        buying them at an appraised value in preference to all
        others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was
        formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
        --Wharton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purveyance
       n : the act of supplying something