provoire
Old French
Etymology
From earlier prevoire, from Vulgar Latin *previterum, *prebiterum, from Latin presbyterum, accusative of presbyter (cf. the synonym prestre derived from the nominative form). Compare Occitan preveire.
Noun
provoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural provoires, nominative singular provoires, nominative plural provoire)
Usage notes
According to some sources, prestre and provoire are inflected forms of the same word. This is however unlikely, as the two rarely appear in texts together
Synonyms
- (more common) prestre