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Provisor
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noun
Provisor
n.
1.
One who provides; a purveyor. (Obs.)
"The chief provisor of our horse."
2.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.
(b)
One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5.
3.
(Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
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