Provost

:This article is about the ecclesiastical title of provost. For the higher education title, see Provost (education). For the local government title see Provost (civil).

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Provost (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. pr?v?t, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front), a title attached to various ecclesiastical and secular offices.

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In ecclesiastical usage the word praepositus was at first applied by the Church fathers to any ecclesiastical ruler or dignitary. It early, however, gained a more specific sense as applied to the official next in dignity to the abbot of a monastery, or to the superior of a single cell. Thus in the rule of St. Benedict the provost (praepositus) is the superior of the monastery immediately subordinate to the abbot, the dean (decanus) being associated with him. From the Benedictine rule this arrangement was taken over by Chrodegang of Metz when he introduced the monastic organization of cathedral chapters. In these the provostship (praepositura) was normally held by the archdeacon, while the office of dean fell to the archpriest. In many cathedrals the temporal duties of the archdeacons made it impossible for them to fulfil those of the provostship, and the headship of the chapter thus fell to the dean.

Provost (education): :This article is about the higher education title of provost. For the ecclesiastical title, see Provost; for the government title, see Provost (civil)...

Provost (civil): A provost (introduced into Scots from French) was the leader of a Scottish burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English-speaking world. Since the re-organisation of local government in Scotland in 1975, the title of Provost became much more rarely used, the only exceptions ...

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Mlle. Provost of the Comedie Francaise Modeling a Robe du Soir or Evening Dress Designed by Doucet