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provisionally | provisionary | provisioner | provisions | proviso | provisor | provisorily | provisorship | provisory | provitamin | provitamin a

provisor

CIDE DICTIONARY

provisorn. [L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur. See Provide.].
  •  One who provides; a purveyor.  Ford.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

provisor, n. Eccl.
1 a deputy of a bishop or archbishop.
2 hist. the holder of a provision (see PROVISION n. 4).

Etymology
ME f. AF provisour f. L provisor -oris (as PROVIDE)

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