† breviatorn.
Obsolete.
One who makes summaries or abstracts; also = abbreviator n. 2.
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > art of drawing up > one who
breviator1546
drawer1577
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > vice-chancellor > assistant to
abbreviator1532
breviator1546
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > summarizing or abridging > one who
abbreviator1529
abridger1555
summarist1577
summister1577
summulary1580
summer-up1599
summist1602
breviate-maker1611
epitomist1611
epitomizer1615
barber1616
breviarist1621
epitomator1621
summulist1635
abbreviarist1679
breviator1679
compendiarist1679
compendiator1679
curtailer1724
literator1785
summarizer1861
condenser1868
trimmer1876
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke viii. ii. 145 a Pius the II did create Breuiators and set them in an Order.
1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 20 But our Breviator, when he pleaseth, can over-look, etc.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) At Rome those are still call'd Breviators, who dictate and write the Pope's Briefs.
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