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praevisor

praevisor [CL praevidere+-or] , one who exercises foresight, overseer, steward; b (w. ref. to bishop or archbishop, as etym. synonym for episcopus or speculator); c (w. ref. to king). d (war-)leader. ministrationis regiae ~ores ‥ venerunt ‥ ad videndum si omnia paratuum ministeria habilia fuissent vel apta B. V. Dunst. 10; applaudit regi previsor [v. l. precursor] gracia legi Vers. Cant. 13.  b 935 (12c) ego Ælfheah Wintoniensis aecclesiae ~or CS 707; elegere Byrhtelmum, Dorsaetensium ~orem, ad summum sanctae Dorobernensis aecclesiae sacerdotem B. V. Dunst. 26; idem ovilium Christi solers ~or [sc. Dunstanus] Ib. 35.  c 925 (13c) ego æthelstan ‥ rex Anglorum totiusque climatis ferme cataclismatum gurgitibus Cristiane patrigene ~or Ch. Burton 2.  d s871 seducitur regia turma; jam ~ores [sc. barbarorum] aspera tenent loca, sine spoliis victoriam sumunt Æthelw. IV 2.

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