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provost (s.xii1)
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provost (s.xii1)

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prevost,  prevoste;  provos,  provoste,  provoust,  provot,  provout;  pruvost  (prevest  Foedera1 i 794,  profost  Meekings 358,  pronote (l. provote)  Anon Chr1 128.14,  prouout (l. provout)  Westm Wenlok 150,  provest  Readings i 172,  provolt,  provoyst  Westm Wenlok 144 );
pl. prevos,  prevoz,  provos,  pruvoz  (prevox  Lett & Pet 241.4,  pruotz  YBB Ed II xvii 150)  
  FEW:  praepositus 9,302a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  prevost 10,416b TL: prevost 7,1833 DEAF:  prevost  DMF:  prévôt  TLF:  prévôt  OED:  provost n.  / prévôt n.  MED:  provost  DMLBS:  provosta 2551a

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1lawoccupationprovost, provincial or town governor: 
( s.xii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Iloc out un provost qui out nun Cursatan  S Cath fragm 59
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Valerien Qui ert prevost de la cité  S Laur ANTS 267
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Coment Jhesu gari li fiz a provost [...] le fiz un provost estoit malade a Chapharnaum  Gospel Harmony 14.1
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  noun pas emperour mes come provost de l’empire  TREVET Cron1 151.16
2domesticoccupationreeve, steward: 
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  si aucuns vescunte u provost mesfait as humes  Leis Will ANTS 2.1
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li leun mut se coruça; le lu, sun provost, apela, demanda lui pur quei ne vient  MARIE Fables 258.16
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  provotz de lé massons de la maison  Bible Royal 265
( 1338 )  il avoit un provost en mesme le maner qe avoit la cure et administracion de touz les biens et les chateux deinz mesme le maner  YBB 11-12 Ed III 491
3eccl.occupationprovost, head of a chapter or religious community: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  "Mandez", fist il, "un provost Qui face venir ci la gent"  S Geo 941
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  provost de l’abbaie  Dial Greg SATF 1982
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Le provot vint al vicaire  Man pechez 1764
( 1384 )  Mestre Duncan Petit provost de Seint Andrewe  Rot Scot ii 64
4mil.occupationhist.commander of a legion: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le office de provost  vegetius2 2.12
provost dé fevres
mil.occupationhist.chief engineer: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le office de provost dé fevres  vegetius2 2.14
provost des herbergeries
mil.occupationhist.camp commandant: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le office de provost des herbergeries  vegetius2 2.13

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See also:

provosté  provoster  provosterie  provostur  provosture 
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