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8,981- Provisor
- Provisorily
- Provisorship
- Provisory
- Provocation
- Provocative
- Provocativeness
- Provocatory
- Provokable
- Provoke
- Provokement
- Provoking
- Provost
- Provostship
- Prow
- Prowess
- Prowl
- Prowler
- Prowling
- Prox
- Proxene
- Proxenet
- Proxenetism
- Proximad
- Proximal
- Proximally
- Proximate
- Proximately
- Proxime
- Proximious
- Proximity
- Proximo
- Proxy
- Proxyship
- Pruce
- Prude
- Prudence
- Prudency
- Prudent
- Prudential
- Prudentialist
- Prudentiality
- Prudentially
- Prudently
- Prudery
- Prudhomme
- Prudish
- Prudishly
- Pruinate
- Pruinose
- Pruinous
- Prune
- Prunella
- Prunella; Prunello
- Prunelle
- Prunello
- Pruner
- Pruniferous
- Pruning
- Prunus
- Prurience; Pruriency
- Prurient
- Pruriginous
- Prurigo
- Pruritus
- Prussian
- Prussiate
- Prussic
- Prutenic
- Pry
- Pryan
- Prying
- Pryingly
- Prytaneum
- Prytanis
- Prytany
- Prythee
- Psalm
- Psalmist
- Psalmistry
- Psalmodic; Psalmodical
- Psalmodist
- Psalmodize
- Psalmody
- Psalmograph
- Psalmographer; Psalmographist
- Psalmography
- Psalter
- Psalterial
- Psalterium
- Psaltery
- Psammite
- Psarolite
- Psellism
- Psephism
- Pseudaesthesia
- Pseudembryo
- Pseudepigraphic; Pseudepigraphic
- Pseudepigraphous
- Pseudepigraphy
- Pseudhaemal
- Pseudo-
- Pseudo-Bulb
- Pseudo-China
- Pseudo-Cone
- Pseudo-Cumene
- Pseudo-Dipteral
- Pseudo-Galena
- Pseudo-Heart
- Pseudo-Hyperthophic
- Pseudo-Metallic
- Pseudo-Monocotyledonous
- Pseudo-Peripteral
- Pseudo-Romantic
- Pseudo-Symmetric
- Pseudo-Symmetry
- Pseudobacteria
- Pseudoblepsis
- Pseudobranch
- Pseudobranchia
- Pseudocarp
- Pseudocoele
- Pseudocoelia
- Pseudodox
- Pseudofilaria
- Pseudograph
- Pseudography
- Pseudohalter
- Pseudologist
- Pseudology
- Pseudomorph
- Pseudomorphism
- Pseudomorphous
- Pseudonavicella
- Pseudonavicula
- Pseudoneuroptera
- Pseudoneuropterous
- Pseudonym
- Pseudonymity
- Pseudonymous
- Pseudopod
- Pseudopodial
- Pseudopodium
- Pseudopupa
- Pseudorhabdite
- Pseudoscope
- Pseudoscopic
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Pseudosphere
- Pseudospore
- Pseudostella
- Pseudostoma
- Pseudotetramera
- Pseudotinea
- Pseudoturbinal
- Pseudovary
- Pseudovum
- Pshaw
- Psilanthropic
- Psilanthropism
- Psilanthropist
- Psilanthropy
- Psilology
- Psilomelane
- Psilopaedes
- Psilopaedic
- Psilosopher
- Psitta-Co-Fulvine
- Psittaceous; Psittacid
- Psittaci
- Psoas
- Psora
- Psoriasis
- Psoric
- Psorosperm
- Psychagogic
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- Psychal
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Provisor
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor of our horse." Ford.
2. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell.
3. One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. P. Plowman.
4. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.