prolocutor

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Measured by the standard of fitness for his office of prolocutor the man standing beside the stage-properties speaker's desk was worthy a second glance.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis

Dr. Twiss, an eminent and learned Presbyterian clergyman, the prolocutor of the assembly of divines, died in London in 1646.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown

Not Hermes, prolocutor to the gods, Could use persuasions more pathetical.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Marlowe, Christopher

He was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

He concludes with wishing, that "three letters, spoke when the prolocutor was presented, were made public."

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan