Thesaurus: provisor

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1. n. One who provides; a purveyor.
2. n. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.
3. n. One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5.
4. n. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
5. 1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor of our horse." Ford. 2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell. (b) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. P. Plowman. 3. (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
6. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision,6.
7. n. One who provides; a purveyor. n. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. n. One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. n. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.