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protodoctor

protodoctor [protos < πρῶτος+CL doctor] , first or foremost teacher (in quot. of religious doctrine); b (w. ref. to St. Augustine of Canterbury); c (w. ref. to St. Philip). tali devotione ~oribus ‥ Angliae metropolim suam cum triumphali crucis labaro ingredientibus Gosc. Aug. Min. 749D.  b Anglica Britannia, per sanctum ~orem et primum antistitem suum Augustinum sole justitiae irradiata Gosc. Æthelb. 1; a rege ‥ æthelbrichto, qui primus ‥ per ~orem suum Augustinum Christo sacrari meruit Id. Werb. 98D; †618 (13c) ego Aedbaldus ‥ quem prothodoctor et apostolus Anglorum Augustinus ‥ ab eternis inferorum cruciatibus eripuit CS 13; †664 (13c) Deusdedit ‥ propagator ewangelii pacis ~oris nostri Augustini CS 22 p. 39; ab adventu Augustini, prothodoctoris [Trevisa: the firste doctor] Anglorum Higd. I 44 p. 42 (cf. Eul. Hist. II 145: protodoctoris); ob reverentiam et memoriam ejusdem ~oris nostri [sc. S. Augustini] Elmh. Cant. 88.  c Franci ‥ beatum Philippum apostolum suum specialem ~orem et neoapostolum adhuc tenent Croyl. 83.

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