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purveyance
/ pəˈveɪəns /
noun
- history the collection or requisition of provisions for a sovereign
- rare.the act of purveying
- rare.that which is purveyed
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- nonpur·veyance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of purveyance1
1225–75; purvey + -ance; replacing Middle English purvea ( u ) nce, purvya ( u ) nce < Old French purveance < Latin prōvidentia. See providence
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Example Sentences
The royal household was a complex 'body corporate' founded in the old days of 'purveyance.'
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Of course, fertile invention was brought to bear in its purveyance, but that only made it the more exciting.
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He made huge forced loans, and employed recklessly the abuse of purveyance.
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One Valet, entrusted with the purveyance, had obtained permission to wear the cassock.
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Coemptio (purveyance) of wheat or lard not to be claimed from the citizens of Rhegium, xii.
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