Bible Dictionaries
Provost
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The keeper of a prison.
(2):
(n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Provost'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/provost.html. 1828.