provisorn.

Brit.

/prəˈvʌɪzə/, U.S.

/prəˈvaɪzər/,

/proʊˈvaɪzər/

Forms: Middle English prouysoure, Middle English provisour, Middle English–1500s prouisour, Middle English–1500s prouysour, Middle English–1600s prouisor, Middle English– provisor, 1500s provizor; Scottish pre-1700 prouisour, pre-1700 provisour, pre-1700 prowisour, pre-1700 1700s– provisor.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French provisour; Latin prōvīsor.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman provisour and Middle French proviseur (French proviseur ) manager of a hospice (c1250 in Old French), holder of an ecclesiastical provision (1339 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), purveyor (end of the 14th cent.), person in charge of funds for the poor (1405) and its etymon classical Latin prōvīsor person who foresees, person who takes forethought for, in post-classical Latin also guardian, protector (Vulgate), caterer, purveyor, administrator (6th cent.), bishop, provost (9th cent.), abbot (10th cent.), person appointed by papal provision (frequently c1250–1440 in British sources), ecclesiastic deputizing for a bishop (1546 in provisor episcopi ) < prōvīs- , past participial stem of prōvidēre provide v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Catalan provisor (14th cent.), Spanish provisor (13th cent.), Portuguese provisor (1423), Italian provvisore (14th cent.), also Middle Dutch provisoor (Dutch provisoor), Middle Low German prōvīsor, German Provisor (14th cent.).Specific uses of post-classical Latin provisor listed in Du Cange include: Provisores Ecclesiarum provisors of churches, denoting lay people who administer the goods and possessions of the church (13th cent.), Provisores Exteriorum provisors of externals, among the Premonstratensians, those who attend to a monastery's secular concerns (13th cent.), Provisor Monasterii provisor of the monastery, to whom the treasury of the monastery is entrusted (11th cent.). With Statute of Provisors (see sense 1) compare Anglo-Norman estatut des Provisours, and compare the following from the statutes themselves:1350–1 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 318 Et en cas qe les presentes le Roi ou les presentes dautres patrons de seinte eglise..soient desturbez par tiels provisours..adonqes soient les ditz provisours..attaches par lour corps.

I. The holder of a provision.

1. In the Christian Church: the holder of a provision or grant (esp. from the Pope) giving the right to be presented to a benefice on the occurrence of the next vacancy. Cf. provision n. 2. Now historical. Statute of Provisors n. Act 25 Edw. III (1350–1), enacted to prevent the granting of such provisions by the Pope; any of several subsequent acts to the same effect.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > appointment to benefice not yet vacant > one who has right to

provisorc1390

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iv. 116 Rede me not..Reuþe to haue Til..alle Rome Renners for Robbeours of bi-ȝonde Bere no seluer ouer see..Bote hit beo Marchaund oþur his men or Messager with lettres, Or Prouisours [c1400 B text Prouysoure] or Preestes þat Popes a-vaunset.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 136 (MED) She is preuy wiþ þe pope; prouisours it knowiþ.

1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 303/1 If eny of youre Liege people..take and receyve youre Graunte or Grauntes of eny of the premisses..then he or they, as ofte as he or they that so take or receyve, renne in the penaltee of the Statutes of provisours.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. v. 522/2 In the sayde Parliament was propounded, that the statute of prouisors made at any time may be executed.

a1626 F. Bacon Learned Reading Statute of Uses (1642) 21 A Statute was made for the restraint of Aliens, to take thy Benefices, or dignities Ecclesiasticall, or Farmes of Administration to them, without the Kings speciall Lycence, upon paine of the Statute of Provisors.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 321 The King..granted them a Pardon for all offences against the Statutes of Provisors.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. viii. 111 Sharp and penal laws were enacted against provisors.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 104 Morton had gone beyond the limits of the statute of provisors in receiving powers from Pope Innocent.

1886 L. O. Pike Yearbks. 13 & 14 Edward III Introd. 61 The Provisor became practically the King's presentee at a time when the Abbey was not vacant.

1922 Eng. Hist. Rev. 37 185 An examination..shows that the author was thinking of the statute of provisors and that the parliament he had in mind was really that of 1390.

1995 D. Lepine Brotherhood of Canons ii. 27 Royal nominees to provisions tended to have a better chance of success than the average provisor.

2004 F. W. Thackeray & J. E. Findling Events that changed Great Brit. 70 The Statute of Provisors allowed the king to imprison churchmen appointed to various church positions by the pope and to appoint his own men to church offices usually under the purview of the Holy Father.

II. A person who provides, purveys, or takes charge.

†2. A person who is in charge; a manager, a supervisor; an agent or deputy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator

purveyora1387

provisora1393

controller1422

administrator1440

administera1443

administrant1602

admin1629

conductor1634

dispensatora1649

dispenser1654

manager1682

mesnagier1693

prepositor1698

wielder1723

administrador1803

policeman1806

administrative1813

manipulator1823

runner1893

case manager1969

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another

procuratorc1300

proctor1301

attorney1347

provisora1393

assignee1419

procuracya1425

solicitorc1425

factor1445

soliciter1464

doer1465

umbothman1482

agent1523

assign1526

procurera1533

practitioner1560

proxy1585

pragmatic1593

procureur1604

pragmatitioner1607

foreign agent1646

institor1657

agent general1659

proxy-man1696

interestera1701

maat1824

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2905 (MED) To speke of Falswitnesse, There be nou many such, I gesse, That lich unto the provisours Thei make hire prive procurous To telle hou ther is such a man Which is worthi to love.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 That kynge is not well fortunat that leseth hym to whom his Auctoryte delegate apperteyneth, who..was prouisour of alle the royame.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 154^v And reson whiche is prouisour declareth.

1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice lxxi. sig. Ddii^v This Symon of whome we spake before, reported and spake the worste of Onias the prouisor of ye citye.

†3. A person who provides or cares for another; a provider; a guardian or protector. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > one who

maintainera1450

provisora1475

provider1616

sustentationa1631

head-worker1640

support1677

breadwinner1783

family head2002

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > protector or patron

fathereOE

mundOE

governor1340

protectorc1390

feedera1400

patronc1400

taker-upa1425

fautora1464

provisora1475

vower1488

presidenta1522

parent1526

guardiant1618

big brother1837

avoué1851

fanger-

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 674 (MED) The Cure of all the Chirche was I-commytted to hym of God, prouisor of all goode peple.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 40 (MED) Whan þou hast crist..he shal be þi prouisour [L. provisor], þy true procutour in all þinges.

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.ii A kynge to be..Unto his subgectes..a good prouysour.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xiv. 772 The prouisors are the Commaunders, as the husband ouer his wife; parents ouer their children, and maisters ouer their seruants: and they that are prouided for, obey.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxxvii. 312 The poor Licentiat Gaspar Jorge, who termed himself Auditor Generall of the Indiaes, great Provisor of the deceased and Orphelins, and Superintendent of the Treasure of Malaca.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 443 God therefore is the Maker and Provisor, and his good wil is the effective, contentive and provisive Virtue.

a1732 T. Boston View Covenant Grace (1734) 182 Their Shepherd, Provisor, Protector, King, Husband, Head.

1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. I. ii. 78 All this directly flows from the idea of a most perfect being, and from his character of a sovereign provisor.

4. A person in charge of getting provisions; a purveyor; the steward or treasurer of a house, monastery, college, etc. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > in household, monastery, court, or college

spencerc1380

fratererc1430

poultera1475

provisor1498

sergeant garbagera1616

steward1749

1498 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 390 Item,..giffin to the Gray Freris prouisour in Striuelin, to the bigging, lxvj lib. xiij s. iiij d.

1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 364 The saidis ministeris, redaris, and provisor of oure Soverane Lordis hous.

1578–9 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 93 The said Alexander being provisour of the saidis houssis..payment sould have bene maid to him.

1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 655 Cuikis, and utheris provisouris of victuellis.

1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 106 The Caterer forsooth, or Provisor generall of Hogs-flesh for the armie.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 142 Provisor General of Pork for the Army.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) xii. 313 The prioress has the affairs in all seculars..; then under her are provisors of meat and drink..and cellar-keepers, etc.

1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 58 The provisor, or œconomus, is appointed to be elected by the Principal, sub-principal and regents: his business is to find provisions for the several regents, students, and others, who were bound to reside within the College [sc. King's College, Aberdeen].

1848 J. B. Mozley Luther in Ess. (1878) I. 360 John Kestner of Wittenberg, provisor of the Cordeliers.

1895 Science 6 Dec. 752/1 As a great privilege, the provisor of the college gave to Pasteur and me one room, where we worked and slept, instead of being obliged to be with the other pupils.

1944 Times 8 May 1/7 The University of Aberdeen will shortly appoint a Warden (Provisor) of the Student's Union.

1993 Speculum 68 1023 William Bouillé..who became successively provisor of the College of Beauvais at Paris, procurator of the Nation of France, and rector of the university in 1439.

5. Roman Catholic Church. An ecclesiastic assisting or deputizing for an archbishop or bishop; a vicar general. Also (now historical): a deputy inquisitor.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > vicar general

vicar general?c1450

provisorc1560

cardinal vicar1654

V.G.1871

c1560 J. Frampton Narr. Journ. Sevil in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xx. 231 I was sent for, and brought before the Bishop, the two Inquisitors, and the Provizor.

1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 22^v Where all the Inquisitours..sitte in their seates of maiestie, and besides them the Prouisor, as they terme him, or deputie Ordinary of y^e dioces.

1589 R. Tomson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 585 The Bishop of Mexico, and his Prouisor.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 252 The Lord Nicholas Donati Generall Prouisor and Inquisitor in the Kingdome of Candia.

1769 tr. P. de Charlevoix Hist. Paraguay I. 44 They thought it proper to leave him at libery to name a provisor and a vicar-general during his absence.

1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 623 D. Francisco Castanedo, Canon of the holy Church of Jaen, Provisor and Vicar-general of that diocese.

1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. I. x. 213 The venerable provisor, an octogenarian with white hair, and tottering on the verge of the grave, as remarkable for the piety of his life as for his venerable appearance.

1965 Americas 22 141 Actual control over Indian orthodoxy..was placed under the care of the Provisor, or Vicar General, of the diocese or archdiocese.

1992 Americas 49 119 The president instructed the vicar general to put the case before the provisor.

†6. = proveditor n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in Venetian republic

proveditor1549

provedore1571

provisor1579

consula1616

magistrate of the pomps1705

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 109 The armie..but litle disposed (specially the prouisors of the Venetians) to put them selues any more in the arbytrement of fortune.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. xv. 307 As touching these prouisors whom they send in person with their armies vpon the land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provisor
释义	provisorn. Brit. /prəˈvʌɪzə/, U.S. /prəˈvaɪzər/, /proʊˈvaɪzər/ Forms: Middle English prouysoure, Middle English provisour, Middle English–1500s prouisour, Middle English–1500s prouysour, Middle English–1600s prouisor, Middle English– provisor, 1500s provizor; Scottish pre-1700 prouisour, pre-1700 provisour, pre-1700 prowisour, pre-1700 1700s– provisor. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French provisour; Latin prōvīsor. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman provisour and Middle French proviseur (French proviseur ) manager of a hospice (c1250 in Old French), holder of an ecclesiastical provision (1339 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), purveyor (end of the 14th cent.), person in charge of funds for the poor (1405) and its etymon classical Latin prōvīsor person who foresees, person who takes forethought for, in post-classical Latin also guardian, protector (Vulgate), caterer, purveyor, administrator (6th cent.), bishop, provost (9th cent.), abbot (10th cent.), person appointed by papal provision (frequently c1250–1440 in British sources), ecclesiastic deputizing for a bishop (1546 in provisor episcopi ) < prōvīs- , past participial stem of prōvidēre provide v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Catalan provisor (14th cent.), Spanish provisor (13th cent.), Portuguese provisor (1423), Italian provvisore (14th cent.), also Middle Dutch provisoor (Dutch provisoor), Middle Low German prōvīsor, German Provisor (14th cent.).Specific uses of post-classical Latin provisor listed in Du Cange include: Provisores Ecclesiarum provisors of churches, denoting lay people who administer the goods and possessions of the church (13th cent.), Provisores Exteriorum provisors of externals, among the Premonstratensians, those who attend to a monastery's secular concerns (13th cent.), Provisor Monasterii provisor of the monastery, to whom the treasury of the monastery is entrusted (11th cent.). With Statute of Provisors (see sense 1) compare Anglo-Norman estatut des Provisours, and compare the following from the statutes themselves:1350–1 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 318 Et en cas qe les presentes le Roi ou les presentes dautres patrons de seinte eglise..soient desturbez par tiels provisours..adonqes soient les ditz provisours..attaches par lour corps. I. The holder of a provision. 1. In the Christian Church: the holder of a provision or grant (esp. from the Pope) giving the right to be presented to a benefice on the occurrence of the next vacancy. Cf. provision n. 2. Now historical. Statute of Provisors n. Act 25 Edw. III (1350–1), enacted to prevent the granting of such provisions by the Pope; any of several subsequent acts to the same effect. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > appointment to benefice not yet vacant > one who has right to provisorc1390 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iv. 116 Rede me not..Reuþe to haue Til..alle Rome Renners for Robbeours of bi-ȝonde Bere no seluer ouer see..Bote hit beo Marchaund oþur his men or Messager with lettres, Or Prouisours [c1400 B text Prouysoure] or Preestes þat Popes a-vaunset. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 136 (MED) She is preuy wiþ þe pope; prouisours it knowiþ. 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 303/1 If eny of youre Liege people..take and receyve youre Graunte or Grauntes of eny of the premisses..then he or they, as ofte as he or they that so take or receyve, renne in the penaltee of the Statutes of provisours. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. v. 522/2 In the sayde Parliament was propounded, that the statute of prouisors made at any time may be executed. a1626 F. Bacon Learned Reading Statute of Uses (1642) 21 A Statute was made for the restraint of Aliens, to take thy Benefices, or dignities Ecclesiasticall, or Farmes of Administration to them, without the Kings speciall Lycence, upon paine of the Statute of Provisors. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 321 The King..granted them a Pardon for all offences against the Statutes of Provisors. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. viii. 111 Sharp and penal laws were enacted against provisors. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 104 Morton had gone beyond the limits of the statute of provisors in receiving powers from Pope Innocent. 1886 L. O. Pike Yearbks. 13 & 14 Edward III Introd. 61 The Provisor became practically the King's presentee at a time when the Abbey was not vacant. 1922 Eng. Hist. Rev. 37 185 An examination..shows that the author was thinking of the statute of provisors and that the parliament he had in mind was really that of 1390. 1995 D. Lepine Brotherhood of Canons ii. 27 Royal nominees to provisions tended to have a better chance of success than the average provisor. 2004 F. W. Thackeray & J. E. Findling Events that changed Great Brit. 70 The Statute of Provisors allowed the king to imprison churchmen appointed to various church positions by the pope and to appoint his own men to church offices usually under the purview of the Holy Father. II. A person who provides, purveys, or takes charge. †2. A person who is in charge; a manager, a supervisor; an agent or deputy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another procuratorc1300 proctor1301 attorney1347 provisora1393 assignee1419 procuracya1425 solicitorc1425 factor1445 soliciter1464 doer1465 umbothman1482 agent1523 assign1526 procurera1533 practitioner1560 proxy1585 pragmatic1593 procureur1604 pragmatitioner1607 foreign agent1646 institor1657 agent general1659 proxy-man1696 interestera1701 maat1824 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2905 (MED) To speke of Falswitnesse, There be nou many such, I gesse, That lich unto the provisours Thei make hire prive procurous To telle hou ther is such a man Which is worthi to love. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 That kynge is not well fortunat that leseth hym to whom his Auctoryte delegate apperteyneth, who..was prouisour of alle the royame. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 154^v And reson whiche is prouisour declareth. 1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice lxxi. sig. Ddii^v This Symon of whome we spake before, reported and spake the worste of Onias the prouisor of ye citye. †3. A person who provides or cares for another; a provider; a guardian or protector. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > one who maintainera1450 provisora1475 provider1616 sustentationa1631 head-worker1640 support1677 breadwinner1783 family head2002 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > protector or patron fathereOE mundOE governor1340 protectorc1390 feedera1400 patronc1400 taker-upa1425 fautora1464 provisora1475 vower1488 presidenta1522 parent1526 guardiant1618 big brother1837 avoué1851 fanger- a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 674 (MED) The Cure of all the Chirche was I-commytted to hym of God, prouisor of all goode peple. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 40 (MED) Whan þou hast crist..he shal be þi prouisour [L. provisor], þy true procutour in all þinges. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.ii A kynge to be..Unto his subgectes..a good prouysour. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xiv. 772 The prouisors are the Commaunders, as the husband ouer his wife; parents ouer their children, and maisters ouer their seruants: and they that are prouided for, obey. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxxvii. 312 The poor Licentiat Gaspar Jorge, who termed himself Auditor Generall of the Indiaes, great Provisor of the deceased and Orphelins, and Superintendent of the Treasure of Malaca. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 443 God therefore is the Maker and Provisor, and his good wil is the effective, contentive and provisive Virtue. a1732 T. Boston View Covenant Grace (1734) 182 Their Shepherd, Provisor, Protector, King, Husband, Head. 1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. I. ii. 78 All this directly flows from the idea of a most perfect being, and from his character of a sovereign provisor. 4. A person in charge of getting provisions; a purveyor; the steward or treasurer of a house, monastery, college, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > in household, monastery, court, or college spencerc1380 fratererc1430 poultera1475 provisor1498 sergeant garbagera1616 steward1749 1498 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 390 Item,..giffin to the Gray Freris prouisour in Striuelin, to the bigging, lxvj lib. xiij s. iiij d. 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 364 The saidis ministeris, redaris, and provisor of oure Soverane Lordis hous. 1578–9 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 93 The said Alexander being provisour of the saidis houssis..payment sould have bene maid to him. 1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 655 Cuikis, and utheris provisouris of victuellis. 1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 106 The Caterer forsooth, or Provisor generall of Hogs-flesh for the armie. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 142 Provisor General of Pork for the Army. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) xii. 313 The prioress has the affairs in all seculars..; then under her are provisors of meat and drink..and cellar-keepers, etc. 1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 58 The provisor, or œconomus, is appointed to be elected by the Principal, sub-principal and regents: his business is to find provisions for the several regents, students, and others, who were bound to reside within the College [sc. King's College, Aberdeen]. 1848 J. B. Mozley Luther in Ess. (1878) I. 360 John Kestner of Wittenberg, provisor of the Cordeliers. 1895 Science 6 Dec. 752/1 As a great privilege, the provisor of the college gave to Pasteur and me one room, where we worked and slept, instead of being obliged to be with the other pupils. 1944 Times 8 May 1/7 The University of Aberdeen will shortly appoint a Warden (Provisor) of the Student's Union. 1993 Speculum 68 1023 William Bouillé..who became successively provisor of the College of Beauvais at Paris, procurator of the Nation of France, and rector of the university in 1439. 5. Roman Catholic Church. An ecclesiastic assisting or deputizing for an archbishop or bishop; a vicar general. Also (now historical): a deputy inquisitor. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > bishop's officials > [noun] > vicar general vicar general?c1450 provisorc1560 cardinal vicar1654 V.G.1871 c1560 J. Frampton Narr. Journ. Sevil in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xx. 231 I was sent for, and brought before the Bishop, the two Inquisitors, and the Provizor. 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 22^v Where all the Inquisitours..sitte in their seates of maiestie, and besides them the Prouisor, as they terme him, or deputie Ordinary of y^e dioces. 1589 R. Tomson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 585 The Bishop of Mexico, and his Prouisor. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 252 The Lord Nicholas Donati Generall Prouisor and Inquisitor in the Kingdome of Candia. 1769 tr. P. de Charlevoix Hist. Paraguay I. 44 They thought it proper to leave him at libery to name a provisor and a vicar-general during his absence. 1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 623 D. Francisco Castanedo, Canon of the holy Church of Jaen, Provisor and Vicar-general of that diocese. 1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. I. x. 213 The venerable provisor, an octogenarian with white hair, and tottering on the verge of the grave, as remarkable for the piety of his life as for his venerable appearance. 1965 Americas 22 141 Actual control over Indian orthodoxy..was placed under the care of the Provisor, or Vicar General, of the diocese or archdiocese. 1992 Americas 49 119 The president instructed the vicar general to put the case before the provisor. †6. = proveditor n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in Venetian republic proveditor1549 provedore1571 provisor1579 consula1616 magistrate of the pomps1705 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 109 The armie..but litle disposed (specially the prouisors of the Venetians) to put them selues any more in the arbytrement of fortune. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. vii. xv. 307 As touching these prouisors whom they send in person with their armies vpon the land. 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