Prolocutor Definition

prō-lŏkyə-tər
noun
A spokesman.
Webster's New World
A presiding officer or chairperson, especially of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
American Heritage
A chairman.
Webster's New World

A spokesman (person who speaks on behalf of others)

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Prolocutor

Noun

Singular:
prolocutor
Plural:
prolocutors

Origin of Prolocutor

  • Medieval Latin prōlocūtor from prōlocūtus past participle of prōloquī to speak forth prō- forward pro–1 loquī to speak tolkw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prolocutor Sentence Examples

  • He was twice prolocutor of the lower house of convocation for the province of Canterbury.

  • Certain homilies, accordingly, composed by dignitaries of the lower house, were in the following year produced by the prolocutor; and after some delay a volume was published in 1547 entitled Certain sermons or homilies appointed by the King's Majesty to be declared and read by all parsons, vicars, or curates every Sunday in their churches where they have cure.

  • In 1677, being now prolocutor of the Convocation, he was unexpectedly advanced to the archbishopric of Canterbury.

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RORTOR

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