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Definition of Purveyances
1. purveyance [n] - See also: purveyance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purveyances
Literary usage of Purveyances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Some lands be more changeable than others; as for their lying near to the borders,
or because of great and continual purveyances that are made upon I the ..."
2. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Public Record Office, Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain (1896)
"Membrane 10— cont. should certify the treasurer and barons at the exchequer twice
a year con" - cerning such purveyances and other necessary things in this ..."
3. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1762)
"If bin what time purveyances wade for the King's ... that of all purveyances
which be or (hall be made to :, or to any others ufe, within the fum of twenty ..."
4. Biggar and the house of Fleming by William Hunter (1862)
"Whereas we lately commanded you, by our letters bearing the stamp of our great
seal and the special seal of our Exchequer, to make diverse purveyances of ..."
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