locum tenens
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Nearly nonverbal, Scrat wouldn’t even require a locum tenens; of all the movie’s sins, his omission is unforgivable.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022
John Huneke, 69, who last year sold the ophthalmology practice he ran for 33 years in Ada, Okla., has done several locum tenens stints through CompHealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though still a church term, locum tenens is also used for temporary health-care jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Middle Ages, the term locum tenens, Latin for "holding the place," was used to describe substitute priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
I once got a pathetic glimpse of one of these belated functions; it was performed for G. by a locum tenens in one of our country parishes.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
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