† provost-placen.Obsoleterare. the seat of a provost (in to sit provost-place: to preside).
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1748 J. Wallis in Gentleman's Mag. (1779) 49 495 If the proud gentleman that thinks himself slighted should happen to sit provost-place as they call it, he sits at the head of his table in all the agonies of concealed ill-nature.