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Proveditor

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Pro`ved´i`tor
n.1.One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
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poveri mendicanti" (commissioners and proveditors of the begging poor), with a broad mandate "di disponer provedere et ordinare in benefitio commodo et sublevamento deli detti poveri" (to order, provide, and manage in benefit [the] accommodation and subvention of these poor).
Competing visions of the state and social welfare: The Medici Dukes, ... by Terpstra, Nicholas / Renaissance Quarterly
[23] Released after a year, he served again as a proveditor in 1513 and 1516.
Fabius Maximus in Venice: Doge Andrea Gritti, the War of Cambrai, and ... by FINLAY, ROBERT / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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