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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the University of Oxford who, though not belonging to the foundation of any college or hall, has been a regent, and has constantly kept his name on the books of some college or hall from the time of his admission to that of taking his master's or doctor's degree.
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Examples
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And, undoubtedly, as love is not conquered except by another love, so that subtlety, which is the inventor and establisher of falsehood, can scarcely be conquered and overturned without the subtlety which is the assertor of the truth and the convictor of falsehood.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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He was admitted as a convictor into the English College at Douai, entered the English Benedictine monastery at Dieulward where he was professed in 1612, and, after ordination, went to the mission in 1615.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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He wrote to him, "_Sume tibi aliquid iuris apud me, tanquam si convictor mihi fueris; quoniam id usus mihi tecum esse volui, si per valetudinem tuam fieri potuisset_."
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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[24] _Quem rodunt omnes ... quia sum tibi, Maecenas, convictor_, S.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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The whole court was instantly in a roar of laughter, and the confusion of our would-be convictor may be better imagined than described.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure William Pittenger 1872
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