prolocutor
Example Sentences
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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
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.
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
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
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
