prepositorn.¹

Brit.

/prᵻˈpɒzɪtə/, U.S.

/priˈpɑzədər/

Forms: 1500s prepositer, 1500s preposytour, 1500s–1600s prepositour, 1600s 1800s– praepositor.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praepositus , -or suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin praepositus prepositus n. + -or suffix. Compare later praepostor n.With use at Eton compare:1870 H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Hist. Eton Coll. viii. 142 [At Eton, in the 16th cent.] Eighteen of the senior boys were styled Præpositi; but inasmuch as the same term was used to designate the head of the College, the monitors soon came to be called Præpositores. Under the contracted form of Præpostor, the name has survived to our own time, though the duties..have entirely changed. With the form prepositer compare -er suffix¹.

Now historical and rare.

1. A prefect or monitor at various English public schools. Cf. praepostor n. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > prefect or monitor

prepositor1519

monitor1530

nomenclator?1566

propositor1633

praepostor1768

monitress1795

prefect1826

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 92^v I am prepositer of my boke. Duco classem.

a1545 R. Cox Rules Free School Saffron Walden in Archaeologia (1852) 34 38 Two prepositores in euery forme, whiche doth giue in a schrowe the absentes names at any lecture.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 259 b And who hath made you usher I pray you, or prepositour of Ciceroes schoole?

1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham i. f. 2 For this end had King Solomon those prudent and meete prepositours.

1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 30 A meer Free-schoole, where Cromwell is Head-school-master, Ireton Usher, and..Fairfax a Prepositor.

1681–2 Verney Lett. in R. T. Warner Winchester (1900) iv. 43 He is one of the best, if not the best scholar in the Schoole of his standing, though Hee Bee not yet a Praepositor.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prepositor, (School-Term) a Scholar appointed by the Master, to over see the rest; such a one is otherwise call'd Observator and Monitor.

1855 Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith I. i. 8 Whilst at Winchester he had been one year Præpositor of the College, and another, Præpositor of the Hall.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 16 It was eight or ten days before he came under the Prepositor's ken [at Eton].

1908 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 12/1 The prepositor came towards them with the dreaded bill in his hand, on which are inscribed the names of the young victims of the morning's birch.

1985 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 40 80 Outside the classroom, W.H.B. was a praepositor (prefect) in the years 1879 to 1881.

2. The master, director, or manager (of a house, etc.); the head of a monastic house. Cf. prepositus n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator

purveyora1387

provisora1393

controller1422

administrator1440

administera1443

administrant1602

admin1629

conductor1634

dispensatora1649

dispenser1654

manager1682

mesnagier1693

prepositor1698

wielder1723

administrador1803

policeman1806

administrative1813

manipulator1823

runner1893

case manager1969

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > prior > [noun]

provostOE

priorOE

prévôt1483

prepositor1881

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 343 The Prepositor of each [Bathing] House [in Ispahan] gives Notice to all Comers by blowing a Horn, when the Houses are ready.

1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 489 The fame for sanctity of their leader—or praepositor as he was called at first—spread throughout the land.

2002 J. Pereira in Logos Summer 158 The same problem [sc. the distinction between essence and existence] troubled a later Jesuit General, Louis Martin (1892-1906), but this time the Reverend Praepositor did not wait to ask the Pope what precisely was to be followed and what not.

Derivatives

† prepositorial adj. Obsolete of or relating to prepositors in schools.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > prefect or monitor

monitorial1814

prepositorial1844

prefectorial1862

præpostorial1872

prefectual1873

1844 J. B. Mozley in Christian Remembrancer Oct. 557 Their prepositorial authority, as well as the fagging system, having been part of the old school plan, which he found going on when he came to Rugby.

1859 W. S. R. Hodson 12 Years India 3 Though he immediately re-established the shattered prestige of præpositorial power he contrived to make himself very popular with various classes of boys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† prepositorn.²

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praepōsit- , praepōnere , -or suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin praepōsit-, past participial stem of praepōnere to place in front, to set in authority, put in charge (see prepone v.¹) + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin prepositor steward (15th cent. in British sources), prepositor ecclesie churchwarden (1427 in a British source).

Scots Law. Obsolete.

A principal in a commercial negotiation or undertaking; a person who employs a factor, consignee, or institor to manage a business enterprise.

ΚΠ

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. x. §47 By the Contracts of Institors in relation to that wherein they were intrusted, their prepositors are oblieged, as Exercitors are as to Maritime matters; so Prepositors are correspondent in Trafficque at Land.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. iii. §14 Tho' the institors be pupils, and so cannot bind themselves, the prepositor..stands obliged by their deeds.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 451/2 Prepositors are liable for the acts of the institor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prepositor
释义	prepositorn.¹ Brit. /prᵻˈpɒzɪtə/, U.S. /priˈpɑzədər/ Forms: 1500s prepositer, 1500s preposytour, 1500s–1600s prepositour, 1600s 1800s– praepositor. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praepositus , -or suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praepositus prepositus n. + -or suffix. Compare later praepostor n.With use at Eton compare:1870 H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Hist. Eton Coll. viii. 142 [At Eton, in the 16th cent.] Eighteen of the senior boys were styled Præpositi; but inasmuch as the same term was used to designate the head of the College, the monitors soon came to be called Præpositores. Under the contracted form of Præpostor, the name has survived to our own time, though the duties..have entirely changed. With the form prepositer compare -er suffix¹. Now historical and rare. 1. A prefect or monitor at various English public schools. Cf. praepostor n. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > prefect or monitor prepositor1519 monitor1530 nomenclator?1566 propositor1633 praepostor1768 monitress1795 prefect1826 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 92^v I am prepositer of my boke. Duco classem. a1545 R. Cox Rules Free School Saffron Walden in Archaeologia (1852) 34 38 Two prepositores in euery forme, whiche doth giue in a schrowe the absentes names at any lecture. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 259 b And who hath made you usher I pray you, or prepositour of Ciceroes schoole? 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham i. f. 2 For this end had King Solomon those prudent and meete prepositours. 1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana 30 A meer Free-schoole, where Cromwell is Head-school-master, Ireton Usher, and..Fairfax a Prepositor. 1681–2 Verney Lett. in R. T. Warner Winchester (1900) iv. 43 He is one of the best, if not the best scholar in the Schoole of his standing, though Hee Bee not yet a Praepositor. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prepositor, (School-Term) a Scholar appointed by the Master, to over see the rest; such a one is otherwise call'd Observator and Monitor. 1855 Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith I. i. 8 Whilst at Winchester he had been one year Præpositor of the College, and another, Præpositor of the Hall. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 16 It was eight or ten days before he came under the Prepositor's ken [at Eton]. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 12/1 The prepositor came towards them with the dreaded bill in his hand, on which are inscribed the names of the young victims of the morning's birch. 1985 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 40 80 Outside the classroom, W.H.B. was a praepositor (prefect) in the years 1879 to 1881. 2. The master, director, or manager (of a house, etc.); the head of a monastic house. Cf. prepositus n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > prior > [noun] provostOE priorOE prévôt1483 prepositor1881 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 343 The Prepositor of each [Bathing] House [in Ispahan] gives Notice to all Comers by blowing a Horn, when the Houses are ready. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 489 The fame for sanctity of their leader—or praepositor as he was called at first—spread throughout the land. 2002 J. Pereira in Logos Summer 158 The same problem [sc. the distinction between essence and existence] troubled a later Jesuit General, Louis Martin (1892-1906), but this time the Reverend Praepositor did not wait to ask the Pope what precisely was to be followed and what not. Derivatives † prepositorial adj. Obsolete of or relating to prepositors in schools. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > prefect or monitor monitorial1814 prepositorial1844 prefectorial1862 præpostorial1872 prefectual1873 1844 J. B. Mozley in Christian Remembrancer Oct. 557 Their prepositorial authority, as well as the fagging system, having been part of the old school plan, which he found going on when he came to Rugby. 1859 W. S. R. Hodson 12 Years India 3 Though he immediately re-established the shattered prestige of præpositorial power he contrived to make himself very popular with various classes of boys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † prepositorn.² Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praepōsit- , praepōnere , -or suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praepōsit-, past participial stem of praepōnere to place in front, to set in authority, put in charge (see prepone v.¹) + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin prepositor steward (15th cent. in British sources), prepositor ecclesie churchwarden (1427 in a British source). Scots Law. Obsolete. A principal in a commercial negotiation or undertaking; a person who employs a factor, consignee, or institor to manage a business enterprise. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. x. §47 By the Contracts of Institors in relation to that wherein they were intrusted, their prepositors are oblieged, as Exercitors are as to Maritime matters; so Prepositors are correspondent in Trafficque at Land. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. iii. §14 Tho' the institors be pupils, and so cannot bind themselves, the prepositor..stands obliged by their deeds. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 451/2 Prepositors are liable for the acts of the institor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.¹1519n.²1681
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