prolocutor

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

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Marlowe, Christopher

Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor, and delivered the whole in a summary way, only saying, 'We were thrown from our horses.'

From The Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith, Oliver

The address however was called on by the pr�ses, being apparently quite unaware that a prolocutor should be chosen by the clergy before they proceeded to business.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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

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