prolocutor

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William Twisse, D.D., of Newbury, was to be prolocutor, or chairman, of the assembly; and he was to have two "assessors," to supply his place in case of necessary absence.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

Why has Mr. Wells partly goaded and partly hypnotized himself into the belief that he is the predestined prolocutor of a new hocus-pocus?

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

This prolocutor, also, was generally the author of a sketch of the piece; but the actors were not confined to the mere outline which he had furnished.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Ulysses, a dwarf, and the prolocutor for the Grecians, gave me leave, that am a pigmy, to do an embassage to you from the cranes.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

The Lower House of Convocation elected him prolocutor.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron