prepositusn.

Brit.

/priːˈpɒzᵻtəs/, U.S.

/priˈpɑzədəs/

Forms: 1600s– praepositus, 1600s– prepositus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praepositus.

Etymology: < classical Latin praepositus person placed in charge, prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, in post-classical Latin also head of a religious community, provost (4th or 5th cent.; from 6th cent. in British sources), reeve (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), use as noun of past participle of praepōnere prepone v.¹ Compare earlier prepost n. Compare also earlier provost n.

Now historical.

(A title of) the head of any of various clerical or civil institutions; a presiding official, a provost. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or representative of person in authority > representing supreme power

provosta1382

prepostc1384

commissary general1434

prepositus1627

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ddd3/2 Præpositus villæ, is vsed some-times for the Constable of a town, or petit Constable... It is vsed sometime for a Reeve.]

1627 M. Wren Serm. 6 Feare..'tis Gods Præpositus in the School of Graces, it sees that none of them be out of Order, or in any kinde Faulty.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 177/1 (Benedictine Rules) That the Provost or Prepositus be chosen by the Abbot to whom he must be subject.

1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 374 Greve, Præpositus, is a word of Authority and signifies as much as Comes or Vicecomes.

1799 S. J. Pratt Gleanings in Eng. vii. 143 As the charter..calls him prepositus, or provost, a title not clearly defined, it has been denied that King John granted the town a mayor.

1887 Eng. Hist. Rev. 2 480 A prepositus..summoned the robers to place the diadem on the imperial head.

1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 145 By the year 1217 the Præpositus or Reeve at York had been superseded by a mayor.

1926 tr. I. Loyola in P. V. Dyke Ignatius Loyola xii. 178 This is not to be understood as if the matter were to be decided by votes but the prepositus is to hear the opinions and reasons of others and then decide himself.

1979 D. Church & E. S. Gowers Across Low Meadow 41 In the beginning of the sowing and threshing season, the Bailiff and Praepositus and Messor, must be together with the ploughs..to see that the ploughings are completed.

2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. 2 Patrick Mann, prepositus of Navan was a retailer of wine and beer in 1527.

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

单词	prepositus
释义	prepositusn. Brit. /priːˈpɒzᵻtəs/, U.S. /priˈpɑzədəs/ Forms: 1600s– praepositus, 1600s– prepositus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praepositus. Etymology: < classical Latin praepositus person placed in charge, prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, in post-classical Latin also head of a religious community, provost (4th or 5th cent.; from 6th cent. in British sources), reeve (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), use as noun of past participle of praepōnere prepone v.¹ Compare earlier prepost n. Compare also earlier provost n. Now historical. (A title of) the head of any of various clerical or civil institutions; a presiding official, a provost. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or representative of person in authority > representing supreme power provosta1382 prepostc1384 commissary general1434 prepositus1627 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ddd3/2 Præpositus villæ, is vsed some-times for the Constable of a town, or petit Constable... It is vsed sometime for a Reeve.] 1627 M. Wren Serm. 6 Feare..'tis Gods Præpositus in the School of Graces, it sees that none of them be out of Order, or in any kinde Faulty. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 177/1 (Benedictine Rules) That the Provost or Prepositus be chosen by the Abbot to whom he must be subject. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 374 Greve, Præpositus, is a word of Authority and signifies as much as Comes or Vicecomes. 1799 S. J. Pratt Gleanings in Eng. vii. 143 As the charter..calls him prepositus, or provost, a title not clearly defined, it has been denied that King John granted the town a mayor. 1887 Eng. Hist. Rev. 2 480 A prepositus..summoned the robers to place the diadem on the imperial head. 1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 145 By the year 1217 the Præpositus or Reeve at York had been superseded by a mayor. 1926 tr. I. Loyola in P. V. Dyke Ignatius Loyola xii. 178 This is not to be understood as if the matter were to be decided by votes but the prepositus is to hear the opinions and reasons of others and then decide himself. 1979 D. Church & E. S. Gowers Across Low Meadow 41 In the beginning of the sowing and threshing season, the Bailiff and Praepositus and Messor, must be together with the ploughs..to see that the ploughings are completed. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. 2 Patrick Mann, prepositus of Navan was a retailer of wine and beer in 1527. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627
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