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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1475
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(Pervi-,) Perwyans, n. [Late ME. perviaunce (a 1450), var. of purveyance Purvyance n.] Providence. = Purvyance n. 1 (3). — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 348.
Thankit be God of his hye perwyans
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