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Purveyance   Listen
noun
Purveyance  n.  
1.
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. "The ill purveyance of his page."
2.
That which is provided; provisions; food.
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.





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"Purveyance" Quotes from Famous Books



... its constitution, if not always in its practice, long had a consideration towards the feelings of the people, and often contrived to hide the nature of its exactions by a name of blandishment. An enormous grievance was long the office of purveyance. A purveyor was an officer who was to furnish every sort of provision for the royal house, and sometimes for great lords, during their progresses or journeys. His oppressive office, by arbitrarily fixing the market prices, and compelling the countrymen ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli


Words linked to "Purveyance" :   supplying, supply, purvey, provision


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