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Definition of Procurator
1. Noun. A person authorized to act for another.
2. Noun. (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes.
Generic synonyms: Administrative Official, Bureaucrat
Specialized synonyms: Pilate, Pontius Pilate
Category relationships: Antiquity
Definition of Procurator
1. n. One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.
Definition of Procurator
1. Noun. A tax collector. ¹
2. Noun. An agent or attorney. ¹
3. Noun. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see (w public procurator) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Procurator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Procurator
Literary usage of Procurator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"167) and military expenses in general : the title a copiis militaribus is found
in inscriptions (Orelli, 2922, 3505) : and an agent of the mint (procurator ..."
2. Dodd's Church History of England from the Commencement of the Sixteenth by Charles Dodd, Hugh Tootell, Mark Aloysius Tierney (1839)
"Henry Morgan, procurator of the clergy of Lincoln. 73. Peter Vannes, archd.
Worcester. 74. ... Totton, procurator of the chapter and clergy of Exeter. 85. ..."
3. Dodd's Church History of England from the Commencement of the Sixteenth by Hugh Tootell (1839)
"William Hedge, procurator of the 98. clergy of Norwich. 81. Adam Traves, archd.
of Exeter. ... Thomas Benet, procurator of the i05. clergy and chapter of ..."
4. The Institutes of Justinian by John Thomas Abdy, Bryan Walker (1876)
"But if any one be made a defendant, then supposing he is at hand and prepared to
assign a procurator, he can either appear personally before the court and ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1883)
"against Florus, the procurator of Judica. Afore important cases were laid ...
The procurator, as the representative of the emperor, had the power of life ..."
6. An Exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1890)
"For although in the proconsular provinces the procurator of the emperor had no
power but in those things which belonged to the ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"procurator, a person who manages the affairs of another by virtue of a charge
received from him. There are different kinds of procurators: general, ..."
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