prolocutor
Americannoun
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a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
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Church of England. the chairperson of the lower house of a convocation.
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Etymology
Origin of prolocutor
1400–50; late Middle English: one who speaks for another < Latin prōlocūtor one who speaks out, equivalent to prōlocū- (variant stem of prōloquī to speak forth; prō- pro- 1 + loquī to speak) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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He concludes with wishing, that "three letters, spoke when the prolocutor was presented, were made public."
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan
Ulysses, a dwarf, and the prolocutor for the Grecians, gave me leave, that am a pigmy, to do an embassage to you from the cranes.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Why has Mr. Wells partly goaded and partly hypnotized himself into the belief that he is the predestined prolocutor of a new hocus-pocus?
From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William
Dr. Twiss, an eminent and learned Presbyterian clergyman, the prolocutor of the assembly of divines, died in London in 1646.
From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown
He was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
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