lo‧cum /ˈləʊkəm $ ˈloʊ-/
noun [countable] British English[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: locum tenens 'someone who takes someone else's place for a time' C17- 21), from Latin, 'holding the place']
a doctor or priest who does another doctor’s or priest’s work while they are on holiday, ill etc
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