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praepositus

praepositus is the alternative form of prepositus.

Meaning of prepositus

Noun

prepositus (plural preposituses or prepositi)

  1. (historical) A provost: the presiding officer of various ecclesiastical bodies.
  2. (historical) The presiding officer of various civil bodies.

Forms of praepositus

pluralpraeposituses
pluralpraepositi

Origin of praepositus

From Latin praepositus.

Questions about praepositus

What is praepositus the alternative form of?
Praepositus is the alternative form of prepositus.

Words near praepositus in the dictionary

  1. praeoral
  2. praeponderance
  3. praepositi
  4. praepositor
  5. praepositors
  6. praepositus
  7. praeposituses
  8. praepostor
  9. praepostorial
  10. praepostors
  11. praeprandial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praepositus (page history and authors); prepositus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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