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procuracy

English

Etymology

Latin, analyzed as procure +? -cy (office of).

Noun

procuracy (plural procuracies)

  1. The office of a procurator.

Synonyms

  • procuratorate

Related terms

  • procurator

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procurator

English

Alternative forms

  • procuratour (obsolete)

Etymology

Anglo-Norman procuratour, from Latin pr?c?r?tor, from pr?c?r? (I procure) (English procure). Equivalent to procure +? -ator.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??kj???e?t?/
  • Hyphenation: proc?u?ra?tor

Noun

procurator (plural procurators)

  1. A tax collector.
  2. An agent or attorney.
  3. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator
  4. (Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • (legal): inquisitor

References

  • OED2

Latin

Etymology

From pr?c?r? (I manage, administer) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pro?.ku??ra?.tor/, [p?o?ku???ä?t??r]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.ku?ra.tor/, [p??ku????t??r]

Noun

pr?c?r?tor m (genitive pr?c?r?t?ris); third declension

  1. manager, overseer, superintendent
  2. procurator (office)
  3. agent, deputy
  4. tax collector (during the imperial eras)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • ? Catalan: procurador
  • ? German: Prokuratur
  • ? Italian: procuratore
  • ? Old French: procuratour
    • ? Middle English: procuratour, proctour
      • English: procurator, proctor
    • French: procurateur
  • ? Old Irish: procatóir
    • Irish: prócadóir
  • ? Polish: prokurator
  • ? Portuguese: procurador
  • ? Spanish: procurador

References

  • procurator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • procurator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • procurator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • procurator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • procurator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • procurator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French procurateur, from Latin procurator.

Noun

procurator m (plural procuratori)

  1. procurator

Declension

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