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An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office. Clarendon.

The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.

The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson.

One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.…

The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.

Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii. 35. If you dare do yourself a profit and a right. Shak.

The presiding officer of a convocation. Macaulay.

The office of a prolocutor.

n station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer. I will promote thee unto very great honor. Num. xxii. 17. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv. 18.

ce; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university. Heyse.

The office of prorector.

, The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.

A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., a…

their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.

Office of a prothonotary.

The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. Tattler.