purveyance

American  

[per-vay-uhns] / pərˈveɪ əns /

noun

1. the act of purveying.

2. something that is purveyed, as provisions.

3. English Law. a prerogative of the crown, abolished in 1660, allowing provisions, supplies, or services for the sovereign or the royal household to be purchased or acquired at an appraised value.

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purveyance British  

/ pəˈveɪəns /

noun

1. history the collection or requisition of provisions for a sovereign

2. rare the act of purveying

3. rare that which is purveyed

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Other Word Forms

• nonpurveyance
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of purveyance

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

See Examples For:

purveyance

"But it is contrary to our fundamental norms to permit government-sanctioned attacks on the purveyance of ideas, even when those ideas are repugnant."

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2014

Having saved their historic building from the knacker's yard in 1993, the Horse Hospital is now gearing up to celebrate 20 years of alternative pop-cultural purveyance.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2013

If thou stayest with us longer, which God send, we will talk about purveyance.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Of course, fertile invention was brought to bear in its purveyance, but that only made it the more exciting.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum

So might I ween that thinges, all and some, That *whilom be befall and overcome,* *have happened Be cause of thilke sov'reign purveyance, in times past* That foreknows all, withouten ignorance.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves

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