One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor of our horse." Ford.
The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell.
One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. P. Plowman.
One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
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