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Definitions for prolocutor
proʊˈlɒk yə tərpro·lo·cu·tor

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  1. prolocutornoun

    A spokesman (person who speaks on behalf of others)

  2. prolocutornoun

    A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PROLOCUTORnoun

    The foreman; the speaker of a convocation.

    Etymology: Latin.

    The convocation the queen prorogued, though at the expence of Dr. Francis Atterbury ’s displeasure, who was design’d their prolocutor. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Prolocutor

    A prolocutor is a chairman of some ecclesiastical assemblies in Anglicanism.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prolocutornoun

    one who speaks for another

  2. Prolocutornoun

    the presiding officer of a convocation

  3. Etymology: [L., from proloqui, p. p. prolocutus, to speak out; pro for + loqui to speak.]

Wikidata

  1. Prolocutor

    A prolocutor is one who speaks for others; specifically the chairman of the lower house of convocation in the two provinces of the Church of England, who presides in that house and acts as representative and spokesman in the upper house. He is elected by the lower house, subject to the approval of the metropolitan.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prolocutor

    prō-lok′ū-tor, n. the chairman of a convocation, or meeting of clergy: (rare) a spokesman:—fem. Prōloc′utrix.—n. Prōloc′utorship. [L., pro, before, loqui, locutus, to speak.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prolocutor in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prolocutor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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