praepositus

The word praepositus, in the signification of a monastic ruler, appears also in Roman Africa and elsewhere in the West, but towards the close of the fifth century it had been almost entirely supplanted by the term abbas.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Cf. Codex, iv, 25, 4: et si a muliere magister navis praepositus fuerit, etc.

A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Eugene A. Hecker

_ 9, 'Consul egregiae tum spei filiam iuveni mihi despondit ac post consulatum collocavit, et statim Britanniae praepositus est.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Henceforth the archdiaconus magnus of the cathedral (usually the provost or praepositus of the chapter), whose duties chiefly concerned the city clergy, is offset by the archidiaconi rurales placed over the deans (archipresbyteri rurales).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

It was a municipium and also an important frontier post in command of a praepositus limitis Tubuniensis.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

Another document of 1212 (Zeissberg, 29) bears his signature as quondam Sandomirensis praepositus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

St. Benedict, in his Rule, written about 529, assigned a subordinate position in the community to the praepositus, and restricted the use of the title abbas to the superior of the monastery.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

In each monastery there were numerous separate houses, each with its own praepositus, cellarer, and other officials, the monks being grouped in these according to the particular trade they followed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The praepositus or reeve, an office obligatory on every holder of a certain small quantity of land; a sort of foreman nominated from among the villeins, and to a certain extent representing their interests.

A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

Sic legitur fecisse in Actis App.S. Petrus, qui tamen ideo nec aliis fuit praepositus, nec potestate majore ceteris praeditus.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889