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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun purveyance has 1 sense
- purveyance(n = noun.act) - the act of supplying something; is a kind of provision, supply, supplying
Derived form verb purvey1
CIDE DICTIONARY
purveyance, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.].
- The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"The ill purveyance of his page." [1913 Webster]
- That which is provided; provisions; food. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
purveyance, n.
1 the act of purveying.
2 Brit. hist. the right of the sovereign to provisions etc. at a fixed price.
1 the act of purveying.
2 Brit. hist. the right of the sovereign to provisions etc. at a fixed price.
Etymology
ME f. OF porveance f. L providentia PROVIDENCE