consultor
Americannoun
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a member of a secular clergy who advises a bishop.
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a specialist who advises the Roman Curia.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of consultor
1620–30; < Latin, equivalent to consul ( ere ) to consult + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Andrew Bolton, curator in charge of the Costume Institute, said he had reviewed his plans with Father James Martin, a consultor to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications, who had found little cause for alarm.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2018
You are to help us here in future—a kind of consultor: any one can relate facts; not every one can understand them….
From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh
If they cannot be commanded at once, they will be slowly but surely led into the right road by a chaplain or secretary or consultor devoted to the Order.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Father Fillon was consultor to the Biblical Commission.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
Bob Pillin, in the fixed chair of the consultor, nursed his bowler on his knee.
From Five Tales by Galsworthy, John
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