Provisor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Provisor \Pro*vi"sor\, n. [L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur.
     See {Provide}.]
     1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor
        of our horse." --Ford.
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     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.
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     3. (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal
        provision. See {Provision}, 6.
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