Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Provisor

Provisor , noun

[Latin, from providere: compare French proviseur. See Provide.]

1.
One who provides; a purveyor. [Obsolete]
The chief provisor of our horse. — Ford
2.
(a) (Roman Catholic Church) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.
(b)
(Roman Catholic Church) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. — Cowell
3.
(Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.