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prolocutor|ˈprɒl-, ˈprəʊləʊkjuːtə(r), prəʊˈlɒkjʊtə(r)|
Also 6–7 -our; 6 -qut-, 6–7 -quut-.
[a. L. prōlocūtor pleader, advocate, agent-n. f. prōloquī to speak out; so F. prolocuteur (c 1500). In med.L. the word appears to interchange with prælocutor (see Du Cange), and the sense seems to hover between ‘one that speaks for’, and ‘one that speaks before or in precedence of others’. Cf. the function of the ‘Speaker’ in the House of Commons.]
One who speaks for another or others; a spokesman. a. In general. Now rare.
[a1259Matt. Paris Chron. an. 1254 (Rolls) V. 423 Congregatis universis, prolocutor domini regis et nuntius exorsus loqui, ait, etc.] c1475Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 475 The prolocutor as for that mater was syr Thomas Percy. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 165/1 Bishop Cedda was appointed Prolocutor for both parties in that Parliament. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxvi. (1839) 412 The name of prophet signifieth in Scripture, sometimes prolocutor; that is, he that speaketh from God to man, or from man to God. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xi, Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. viii. 440 Margaret, who was the principal prolocutor, could only speak Saxon. 1899Daily News 31 Jan. 6/3 Sir William Harcourt had called Mr. Russell the Prolocutor of the Catholic Revival.
†b. Sc. A legal spokesman in a court of law: = advocate 1. Obs.
1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 167 Maister David Makgill, prolocutour for the saidis merchandis procuratouris, protestit for coistis..expenssis, and interes. 1564Act Sederunt 15 June (1790) 7 The said Lords hes declarit the sam to all the prolocutors at the bar. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. xx. §2 (1699) 230 Advocats with us in Criminals are called Proloquutors. 1785Arnot Trials (1812) 12 The indictment being read, the prisoner..declared that trusting to his innocence he desired no prolocutor.
c. The chairman of the Lower House of Convocation of either province of the Church of England; he is spokesman of that body in the Upper House.
[1553Archd. Wimsley in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. i. iv. 43 The Reverend Fathers..had..enjoined them to..conclude upon the Choise of a Referendary, which they commonly called a Prolocutor.] 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 428 b, Doctor Weston, that was proloqutour, demeaned himselfe disorderly. 1670Walton Lives i. 47 The next Parliament..he was chosen Prolocutor to the Convocation. 1761Chron. in Ann. Reg. 175/2 The convocation of the province of Canterbury met at St. Paul's cathedral, and..afterwards chose a prolocutor. 1852S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1881) II. iv. 140 There can..be no question as to the right of the Lower House to elect, or of the Upper to refuse to confirm the election of a Prolocutor. 1894in Times 5 Feb. 14/3 That the Prolocutor be requested to convey the foregoing report and resolutions to the Upper House.
d. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman, ‘speaker’.
1591Lambarde Archeion (1635) 47 He [the holder of the Great Seal] is a great Personage, a Counsellor of the Estate, and Prolocutor or Mouth of the higher House of Parliament. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 1099 Synods are mystical Bear-gardens,..For Prolocutor, Scribe, and Bearward, Do differ only in a mere word. 1765T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. I. i. 68 Two of the elders were the moderators, or prolocutors of the assembly. 1836H. Rogers J. Howe ii. (1863) 27 Mr. Charles Herle was chosen..Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly. 1878Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xx. 453 That an organised assembly like that of the commons could ever have dispensed with a recognised prolocutor or foreman.
Hence prolocutorship, the office of prolocutor.
1727Bailey vol. II, Prolocutorship, the office, etc., of a Speaker, or Chairman of a Synod or Convocation. 1861Jowett in Life & Lett. (1897) I. xi. 355, I hear that you are thinking of giving up the Prolocutorship. 1888Pall Mall G. 18 Apr. 10/2 The talk as to the possibility of the Dean of York resigning the Prolocutorship [of the Convocation of the Province of York] was renewed. |
