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   Provisor , n. [L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur. See Provide.]
   One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] “The chief provisor of our horse.”  
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   (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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   (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
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