Associations to the word «Purveyance»

Wiktionary

PURVEYANCE, noun. The act of purveying
PURVEYANCE, noun. (British) The prerogative of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use

Dictionary definition

PURVEYANCE, noun. The act of supplying something.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope