provoster (s.xiii2/4)
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provoster (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  praepositus 9,302a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  prevost (prevoster)  DMF:  prévôter  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  praeponere 2419a
 

v.n.

1monasticeccl.to act as provost, head of a religious community: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  puis (=after the Last Judgement) ne poet il (=the unjust steward) provoster  137rb1
provost  provosté  provosterie  provostur  provosture 
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