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Definition of Pro tem

1. Adjective. For the time being. "Designated him to act as consul protempore"

2. Adverb. For the time being; temporarily. "Accepting pro tem that hypothesis consistent with the facts"

Definition of Pro tem

1. Adverb. temporarily; for the time being ¹

2. Adjective. temporary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pro Tem

pro-sentence pro-sentences pro-sumti pro-war pro bono pro forma pro hac vice pro hoc vice pro per pro rata

pro re nata pro se pro skirts pro tanto pro tem (current term) pro tempore pro wrestling proa proabort proabortion

proabortionism proabortionist proabortionists proaccelerin proacrosin proact proacted proacting proaction

Literary usage of Pro tem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Corporations have the incidental power, if the regular clerk is temporarily absent, to appoint a private person a clerk pro tem., for the purpose of making ..."

2. Journal by Kentucky General Assembly. Senate (1865)
"... the Senate before adjourning pro tem, for the present recess. Whereupon, on motion, a similar committee was appointed on the part of the Senate, ..."

3. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1920)
"pro tem.—46. NAY S. Messrs. Craig and Weaver.—2. ... pro tem. —48. None. NAY S. A majority of all the Senators having voted "aye" the quest ion was ..."

4. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854)
"TO C. LEE, SECRETARY OF STATE, pro tem. Philadelphia, 21 May, 1800. SIR, — I received yesterday the opinion of yourself, the Secretary of ..."

5. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1877)
"... OF THE SENATE pro tem., TO VOTE ox THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MARCH 5, 1868. MR PRESIDENT, —I shall not attempt to follow learned Senators in ..."

6. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"During his more than fifty years of public service, as legislator in North Carolina, as member of Congress and as speaker, as senator and president pro tem ..."

7. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1895)
"James Sullivan the Moderator and Perez Moreton Esqr. Moderator Pro. Tem°, not being able ... Ezekiel Price Esqr. was accordingly chosen Moderator Pro. Tem°. ..."

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