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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURVEYANCE, n. Procurement of provisions or victuals.
1. Provision; victuals provided.
2. In English laws, the royal prerogative or right of pre-emption, by which the king was authorized to buy provision and necessaries for the use of his household at an apprized value, in preference to all his subjects, and even without the consent of the owner; also, the right of impressing horses and carriages, etc.; a right abolished by Stat.12. Charles II.24.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of supplying something

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century the act or process of purveying or procuring

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Purveyance Pur*vey"ance, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.] 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. --Spenser. 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. --Wharton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Provisions, food, victuals provided.