PROCTOR
Proc"tor, n. Etym: [OE. proketour, contr. fr. procurator. See
Procurator.]
Defn: One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. Specifically: (a) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. [Obs.] Nares. (b) (Eng. Law) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. Wharton. (c) (Ch. of Eng.) A representative of the clergy in convocation. (d) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
PROCTOR
Proc"tor, v. t.
Defn: To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Bp. Warburton.
PROCTORAGE
Proc"tor*age n.
Defn: Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; — in contempt. "The fogging proctorage of money." Milton.
PROCTORIAL
Proc*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor; magisterial.
PROCTORICAL
Proc*tor"ic*al, a.
Defn: Proctorial. [R.]