one of a group of priests appointed to advise and assist a bishop
consultor in American English
(kənˈsʌltər)
noun
1.
a member of a secular clergy who advises a bishop
2.
a specialist who advises the Roman Curia
Word origin
[1620–30; ‹ L, equiv. to consul(ere) to consult + -tor-tor]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: contact, geometric, grommet, hotbed, plug-tor is a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbsand, less commonly, from nouns. Other words that use the affix -tor include: dictator, genitor, janitor, orator, victor