provost

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"I do know that the provost is approving all searches in the academic affairs division before they can go forward and is considering the urgency of filling vacant positions on a case-by-case basis," Studenc said.

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  1. noun A university administrator of high rank.
  2. noun The highest official in certain cathedrals or collegiate churches.
  3. noun The keeper of a prison.
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  1. Middle English, from Old English profost and Old French provost, both from Medieval Latin prōpositus, alteration of Latin praepositus, person placed over others, superintendent, from past participle of praepōnere, to place over : prae-, pre- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English provost, provest, gartly from Anglo-Saxon prāfost, prāfest, praūost, profost (= OFries. progost, provest = Middle Dutch proost, Dutch prost = Middle Low German provest, prōst = Old High German probast, probist, provost, probasto, prubesto, Middle High German probest, provist, probst, brobest, brobst, German probst = Icelandic prōfastr = Swedish prost = Danish provst, provost, dean), and partly from Old French provost, prevost, French prévôt = Provencal prebost = Spanish Portuguese preboste = Italian prevosto, preposto, from Latin præpositus, a principal, president, chief, provost, past participle of præponere, put or set before, set over as chief, from præ, before, + ponere, set, place: see ponent, posit. Cf. prepositor, prepostor.
 

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