provisor

1. n. One who provides; a purveyor. Source: opted

2. n. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Source: opted

3. n. One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. Source: opted

4. n. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6. Source: opted

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. Source: webster

6. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision,6. Source: adambom

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. Source: ecdict

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