provisor noun. [prǝ'vʌɪzǝ] LME.
[Anglo-Norman provisour (French proviseur) from Latin provisor, from provis-: see PROVISION, -OR.]
1. Ecclesiastical History. The holder of a grant (esp. from the Pope) giving him the right to be appointed to the next vacant benefice. LME.

2. A person who provides or cares for another. LME-M18.

3. A person who is in charge; an agent. LME-M16.

4. A person in charge of getting provisions; a purveyor; a steward. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.

5. Roman Catholic Church. An ecclesiastic assisting and deputizing for an archbishop or bishop; a vicar-general; Hist. a deputy inquisitor. M16.

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