provisor
/prəˈvʌɪzə
/noun
1(In the Roman Catholic Church) a deputy of a bishop or archbishop.When it is said that the outside vicars depend immediately on the vicars-general or provisors, one must not, under any consideration, understand that the latter constitute an authority or jurisdiction intermediate between the outside vicar and the archbishop....
- 1351 - In England, Parliament passed the Statute of Provisors. The Pope had been in the habit of appointing ‘provisors’ to benefices (church offices that provided income without necessarily requiring work) in England.
2 Christian Church, historical The holder of a provision.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French provisour, from Latin provisor, from provis- 'provided' (see provision).
Rhymes
- river shed
- river shell
- river she-oak
- river shrimp
- riverside
- riversider
- river snail
- riverso
- river sponge
- river stair
- river state
- river steamboat
- river steamer
- river swallow
- river swamp
- river system
- river tea-tree
- river tern
- river terrace
- river thief
- river tortoise
- river trout
- river turtle
- river wall
- riverward