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Definition of: purveyance
(pər·vā′əns) noun
1. The act of purveying.
2. That which is purveyed or supplied; provisions.
3. A former prerogative of royalty, abolished in 1660, enabling a monarch to buy goods at an appraised value, and also to enforce personal service.
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