propositus

  • 111provost — [prō′vōst΄, präv′əst; ] esp. in military use [ prō′vō΄] n. [ME < OE profost & OFr provost, both < ML propositus, for L praepositus, chief, prefect, orig. pp. of praeponere, to set before, place first < prae , before + ponere, to place:… …

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  • 112provost — n. 1 Brit. the head of some colleges esp. at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 Eccl. a the head of a chapter in a cathedral. b hist. the head of a religious community. 3 Sc. the head of a municipal corporation or burgh. 4 the Protestant minister of the… …

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  • 113pro|pos|i|tus — «proh POZ uh tuhs», noun. Law. a person from whom descent or genealogical relationships are traced. ╂[< Latin prōpositus, past participle of prōpōnere; see etym. under propone (Cf. ↑propone)] …

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  • 114prov|ost — «PROV uhst; especially Military PROH voh», noun. 1. a high ranking administrator in some colleges and universities: »The title of the head of a college at Oxford depends on which college he is head of; at some colleges he is known as the Master,… …

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  • 115Пробанд — * прабанд * proband or propositus в генетике человека индивид, который по тем или иным причинам привлекает к себе внимание генетиков и с которого начинают исследование определенной семьи. При построении родословного (генеалогического) дерева… …

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