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Definition of Prolocutor
1. n. One who speaks for another.
Definition of Prolocutor
1. Noun. A spokesman (person who speaks on behalf of others) ¹
2. Noun. A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prolocutor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolocutor
Literary usage of Prolocutor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"1647) one of the two assessors, and on 8 Dec. he and his co- assessor, Cornelius
Burges [qv], were appointed to fill the prolocutor's chair alternately. ..."
2. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1891)
"You shall not brag thus," cried the prolocutor fiercely, ... The prolocutor
answered his argument: he replied : Doctor Watson, Gardiner's chaplain, ..."
3. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"Richard Gwent, doctor of law, and arch- vni. deacon of London, was chosen prolocutor.
Then intimation was given, that the king allowed them liberty to treat ..."
4. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1837)
"Mr. Herle succeedeth prolocutor to Dr. ... their prolocutor, lately deceased.
He was bred in New College in Oxford ; good with the trowel, but better with ..."
5. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1842)
"Dr. Donne, prolocutor. I more than what was granted ; both Houses, in the name
of the whole kingdom, promising their assistance with their lives and ..."
6. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1842)
"Dr. Donne, prolocutor. Indeed, the malcontents in England used to say, that the
king took physic and called parliaments, both alike ; using both for mere ..."
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