prolocutor

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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 was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The Lower House of Convocation elected him prolocutor.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Dr. Twiss, an eminent and learned Presbyterian clergyman, the prolocutor of the assembly of divines, died in London in 1646.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown

Not Hermes, prolocutor to the gods, Could use persuasions more pathetical.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Marlowe, Christopher