abbreviator

abbreviator
noun see abbreviate

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  • Abbreviator — Abbreviator, plural Abbreviators in English or Abbreviatores in Latin, also called Breviators, were a body of writers in the papal chancery, whose business was to sketch out and prepare in due form the pope s bulls, briefs and consistorial… …   Wikipedia

  • ABBREVIATOR — nomen officii, in Cancellaria Pontificis Roman. cuiusmodi ministri LXXII. ibi sunt a Summariis Supplicationum quoque dicti. Munus illorum est, incumbere ad Bullarum pictacia, apud Macrum Hierolex. dividunturque in tres classes: utpote e quibus… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Abbreviator — Ab*bre vi*a tor, n. [LL.: cf. F. abbr[ e]viateur.] 1. One who abbreviates or shortens. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a college of seventy two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Abbreviator — Abbreviatoren (lat.) waren die wichtigsten Beamten der päpstlichen Kanzlei. Sie waren hauptsächlich, seit dem Jahr 1350, für die Anfertigung der Entwürfe zu den päpstlichen Bullen zuständig. Darüber hinaus bearbeiteten sie weithin selbständig… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Abbreviator — Ab|bre|vi|a|tor der; s, ...oren <aus lat. abbreviator »jmd., der abkürzt«> hoher päpstlicher Beamter, der Schriftstücke (Bullen, Urkunden, Briefe; vgl. ↑Breve) entwirft (bis 1908) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • abbreviator — See abbreviate. * * * …   Universalium

  • abbreviator — noun a) Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. b) One of a college of seventy two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards… …   Wiktionary

  • abbreviator — æbrɪːvɪeɪtÉ™(r) n. one who abbreviates, one who shortens, summarizer …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abbreviator — ab·bre·vi·a·tor …   English syllables

  • abbreviator — noun one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work • Syn: ↑abridger • Derivationally related forms: ↑abbreviate, ↑abridge (for: ↑abridger) • Hypernyms: ↑redact …   Useful english dictionary

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