单词 | prolocutor |
释义 | prolocutorn. 1. A person who speaks for another or others; a spokesperson. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another whistlec1380 dictourc1440 orator1474 prolocutor?a1475 prelocutor1500 vauntparler1534 paranympha1538 mouth1563 speech1578 speaker1583 promotor1603 ambassador1611 suffragant1613 suffragator1618 mouthpiece1776 linguist1819 megaphone1909 porte-parole1911 spokesperson1972 ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 475 (MED) The prolocutor as for þat mater was syr Thomas Percy. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 165/1 Bishop Cedda was appointed Prolocutor for both parties in that Parliament. 1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge ii. 20 The Herauld and Prolocutor of the gods. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 224 The name of Prophet, signifieth in Scripture sometimes Prolocutor; that is, he that speaketh from God to Man, or from man to God. 1680 J. Price Myst. & Method His Majesty's Happy Restauration 128 These Officers did assemble very daringly before the General, Col. Oky being their Prolocutor. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 102 Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. iii. 33 The prolocutor of the people gave him to understand that his surmises were useless. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. viii. 440 Margaret, who was the principal prolocutor, could only speak Saxon. 1899 Daily News 31 Jan. 6/3 Sir William Harcourt had called Mr. Russell the Prolocutor of the Catholic Revival. 1925 B. R. Redman tr. A. Chevalley Mod. Eng. Novel i. 13 The middle classes of the eighteenth century were awaiting their interpreter... Richardson, Fielding and Smollett are their prolocutors. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 7 Jan. 31 Bland, if anyone, is Nureyev's prolocutor. 2003 Legal Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. 53 The African-American community and its prolocutors would be well-advised to emphasize the positives of the present and future. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate advocatec1384 oratorc1384 prolocutor1493 counsellor1530 barristerc1545 barman1657 bar-gown1664 counsel1709 limb of the bar1815 blue bag1817 actor1875 1493 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 43 The quhilk daye Villiame Symsone prolocutor for Katrine Syme on the tane part and Dauid Coupir Archbald Stewart prolocutoures for S[chir] Robert Atkin on the tothir part has consentit that the bref purchasit be the saidis Katrine Syme be contenuit [etc.]. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 167 Maister David Makgill, prolocutour for the saidis merchandis procuratouris, protestit for coistis..expenssis, and interes. 1564 Act Sederunt 15 June (1790) 7 The said Lords hes declarit the sam to all the prolocutors at the bar. 1607 R. Bowyer Diary 19 May in Parl. Diary (1931) 296 I will conceale no thing from you that our Law will allow you for your advantage: Therefore I let you know that you maie have a prolocutor. 1626 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 46 Neuertheles he offeris him self reddie with his prolocutoris to dispute upone the relevancie of the dittay [etc.]. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 458 Advocats with us in Criminals are called Proloquutors. 1721 Rec. Conv. Burghs (B.R.S.) 95 Ordained the prolocutor for the royal burrows to see and answer. 1785 H. Arnot Coll. Trials Scotl. 10 The indictment being read, the prisoner..declared, that, trusting to his innocence, he desired no prolocutor. 3. The chair of the Lower House of Convocation of either province of the Church of England, who acts as spokesperson for that body in the Upper House (of bishops). ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxviij v Doctor Weston, that was proloqutour, demeaned himselfe disorderly. 1622 W. Ames Reply Dr. Mortons Gen. Def. v. 82 Any other in the end of the Convocation, after all the Canons were concluded, comming forth as Prolocutor, and speaking thus to the Ministers assembled together before him. 1670 I. Walton Life J. Donne 47 in Lives The next Parliament..he was chosen Prolocutor to the Convocation. 1710 J. Swift Examiner No. 21. 235 If we may guess the Temper of a Convocation, from the Choice of a Prolocutor,..we may expect great things from that Reverend Body. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 175/2 The convocation of the province of Canterbury met at St. Paul's cathedral, and..afterwards chose a prolocutor. 1852 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1881) II. iv. 140 There can..be no question as to the right of the Lower House to elect, or of the Upper to refuse to confirm the election of a Prolocutor. 1894 in Times 5 Feb. 14/3 That the Prolocutor be requested to convey the foregoing report and resolutions to the Upper House. 1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 734 From 1919 to 1925 he was prolocutor of the lower house of the Canterbury Convocation. 1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors iii. 33 Of the other four judges in each court, two are clergymen appointed by the prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of the relevant province. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 30 Nov. 23 After 10 years in the Synod, the last five of which included service as Prolocutor of the Convocation of York, he decided to stand down. 4. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman, a speaker. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of presidenta1382 prolocutor1570 moderator1573 spokesman1607 committee chair1643 chairman1654 referendary1655 speaker1656 chair1659 convener1681 chairperson1971 1570 T. Cranmer Lord's Supper (1844) x. 1593 And so the disputation began to be set a worke by þe Prolocutor with a short Præludium. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 56 He [sc. the keeper of the Great Seal] is a great personage, a Counsellor of the Estate; and Prolocutor or Mouth of the Higher House of Parliament. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 246 Synods are mystical Bear-gardens,..For Prolocutor, Scribe, and Bearward, Do differ onely in a mere word. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 68 Two of the elders were the moderators, or prolocutors of the assembly. 1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) ii. 27 Mr. Charles Herle was chosen..Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xx. 453 That an organised assembly like that of the commons could ever have dispensed with a recognised prolocutor or foreman. 1905 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 12 Jan. 6/2 Measured by the standard of fitness for his office of prolocutor the man standing beside the stage-properties speaker's desk was worthy a second glance. 1992 R. MacNeil Burden of Desire (1993) 525 I was the secretary to the prolocutor in one phase, then the assistant in another. Derivatives proˈlocutorship n. the office of a prolocutor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > office of presidence1606 presidency1608 prolocutorshipa1650 Speakership1653 chair1659 presidentship1711 chairpersonship1982 a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1586 (1682) 378/2 The said Mr Speaker having made humble reverence and in very discreet and good manner, submitted himself to the undertaking of the said Prolocutorship. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Prolocutorship, the office, etc., of a Speaker, or Chairman of a Synod or Convocation. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Apr. 10/2 The talk as to the possibility of the Dean of York resigning the Prolocutorship [of the Convocation of the Province of York] was renewed. 1998 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. When the officers of the Synod's Houses came to be elected at the first meeting of the new Synod, Boulton failed to retain the Prolocutorship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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