PROVISOR
\pɹəvˈa͡ɪzə], \pɹəvˈaɪzə], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈaɪ_z_ə]\
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One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5.
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One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
By Oddity Software
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The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house; a pope's presentce to a benefice before the death of the incumbent to the prejudice of the patron.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In eccles., one appointed by the Pope to a benefice or church-living before the death of the incumbent, to the prejudice of the rightful patron; the steward or treasurer of a religious house; in France, the principal of a college.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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