prolocutor

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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

Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor, and delivered the whole in the summary way, only saying, "We were thrown from our horses."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

Why has Mr. Wells partly goaded and partly hypnotized himself into the belief that he is the predestined prolocutor of a new hocus-pocus?

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

Measured by the standard of fitness for his office of prolocutor the man standing beside the stage-properties speaker's desk was worthy a second glance.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis

He was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.

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