provisor
noun/pɹəˈvaɪzə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Latin prōvīsor, agent noun of prōvideō (“provide”).
1
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism A deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.
- The trials were prompt and at the rendering of sentence a consulta de fe or assembly of experts was convoked, consisting of lawyers and the provisor of the bishopric, thus recognizing the necessity of concurrent action on the part of the episcopal jurisdiction.1906, Henry Charles Lea, A History of the Inquisition of Spain, volume 1, New York: MacMillan, page 163:
2
The holder of a papal provision.
3
One who provides; a purveyor.
- Derived terms
- provisorship