2. An officer who formerly provided or exacted provision for the king's household.
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Provision Roget’s Thesaurus §637
N. provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, # subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store
V. provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate|, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day
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And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar, so that I was his purveyor.