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proctorage

proctorage noun: management by a proctor.

Noun

proctorage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Management by a proctor
  2. (derogatory, obsolete) control; superintendence.
    • the fogging proctorage of money1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Origin of proctorage

From proctor + -age.

Questions about proctorage

What does proctorage mean?
Proctorage means management by a proctor.
What part of speech is proctorage?
Proctorage is a noun.

Words near proctorage in the dictionary

  1. proctopathy
  2. proctophagy
  3. proctophyllodid
  4. proctophyllodids
  5. proctor
  6. proctorage
  7. proctoral
  8. proctored
  9. proctorial
  10. proctorially
  11. proctorical

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