Pro·vi·sor n.
1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] “The chief provisor of our horse.”
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.
3. Eng. Hist. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
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