Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Purveyance

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Purveyance


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.

(2):

(n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

(3):

(n.) 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.