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Provisor

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provisournounObsolete form of provisor. [A deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.]
legatenounA deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
definitornounA person who defines.
prepositusnoun(historical) A provost: the presiding officer of various ecclesiastical bodies.
coadjutornounAn assistant or helper.
procuratornounAn agent or attorney.
vicar foranenoun(Roman Catholicism) A priest entrusted by the bishop with a certain degree of leadership in a territorial division of a diocese or a pastoral region.
propretornounAlternative spelling of propraetor. [A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.]
auxiliary bishopnounA bishop who functions as another bishop's deputy, where the weight of sacramental duties is too much for a single bishop.
proprætornounAlternative spelling of propraetor. [A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.]
provostnounOne placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
prolegatenoun(Ancient Rome) The deputy or substitute legate.
prorectornounAn officer who presides over the academic senate of a university in certain countries, especially Germany.
vicariatenoun(Christianity) The office, authority, or district of a vicar.
suffragannounAn auxiliary bishop.
underpriestnounA subordinate priest
vicarnounA person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
subpriornoun(historical, religion) The assistant or deputy of a prior
commissarynounA store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
coadjutor bishopnoun(Roman Catholicism) An auxiliary bishop with the right of succession, i.e., he becomes bishop upon the death, removal or retirement of the incumbent bishop.

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