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ˈvisitator Now rare.
[a. late L. vīsitātor, f. vīsitāre to visit. Cf. It. visitatore, Sp. and Pg. visitador.]
An official visitor.
1536Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 10 §5 If any ecclesiasticall Judge or Visitatour do voluntaryly concele..any presentment. 1545Act 37 Hen. VIII, c. 17 Censures ecclesiasticall made by your Highnes and your Vicegerent, officialls, commissaries, and Judges and visitators. 1606W. Crashaw Rom. Forgeries F j b, The reuerend Andreas Vander Rijt,..Canon of Antwerpe, and the censor or visitator appointed to ouerlooke and allow bookes before they be printed. 1676in Essex Papers (Camden) 68 James Darcy, now Guardian of Dublin, but then Comm[i]ssary visitator. 1897J. McCabe Twelve Yrs. in Monastery 178 The usual course is for the General..to send a deputy to the province which is about to hold its elections. The deputy or visitator visits all the monasteries in succession. |