Definition of provisor in English:

noun

• 1(in the Roman Catholic Church) a deputy of a bishop or archbishop.

  Example sentences

  • ‘When it is said that the outside vicars depend immediately on the vicars-general or provisors, one must not, under any consideration, understand that the latter constitute an authority or jurisdiction intermediate between the outside vicar and the archbishop.’
  • ‘1351 - In England, Parliament passed the Statute of Provisors. The Pope had been in the habit of appointing ‘provisors’ to benefices (church offices that provided income without necessarily requiring work) in England.’

• 2Christian Church
  historical The holder of a provision.