prolocutor

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Prolocutor \Prol`o*cu"tor\, n. [L., from proloqui, p. p.
   prolocutus, to speak out; pro for + loqui to speak.]
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   1. One who speaks for another. --Jeffrey.
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   2. The presiding officer of a convocation. --Macaulay.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

PROLOCUTOR. In the ecclesiastical law, signifies a president or chairman of 
a convocation.