prolocutorship

[Eng. prolocutor; -ship.] The office or dignity of a prolocutor. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia prolocutrix *prō-loc-u-trix, s. [Lat.] A spokeswoman. "To be their advocate and prolocutrix ."- Daniel : Hist . Eng ., p. 141. *pro-loge, s . [PROLOGUE.] *prō-log-ize, v . i . [Gr. prologizō , from pro logos =a prologue (q. v.).] To deliver a prologue. *prō-log-iz-er, *pro-log-uis-er, s . [English prologize )er. One who makes or delivers a prologue. "Your prologuisers all wear black." Lloyd: To George Colman , Esq. prō-logue, *pro-loge, s . [Fr. prologue , from Lat. prolog us; Gr. pro logos a fore speech: pro before, and logos =a speech; lego to speak; Sp., Port., & Ital. prologo .] 1. A preface or introduction to a discourse or performance; espec. an introductory discourse or verses spoken before a dramatic performance or play begins. (EPILOGUE.] "It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the pro logue." Shakesp.: As You Like It . (Epilogue.) *2. The speaker of a prologue before a perform ance. *prō-logue, v . t . [PROLOGUE, 8.] To introduce, to preface. "He his special nothing ever prologues ." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , ii. 1. pro-long', *pro-long-yn, *pur-long-yn, v. t. & i. [Fr. prolonger to prolong, to protract, from Lat. prolongo , from pro =forward, and long us = long; Sp. & Port. prolongar ; Ital. pro lung are .] A. Transitive :. 1. To extend in material length; to lengthen; to draw out. 2. To extend or lengthen in time; to lengthen out; to extend the duration of. "The flames ascend: till evening they prolong The rites." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, xiii. 31. 3259 †prō-măm-mā-li-a, s . pl . [Pref.pro-, and Mod. Lat. mammal i a (q.v.).] Palæont .: A term used by Haeckel to designate the extinct ancestors of the Monotremata and Marsupial i a. (PROT OTHER I A.] "The unknown, extinct Primary Mammals, or Pro mammal i a-which lived during the Trias period, and of which the two still living orders of Beaked Animals represent but a single degenerated branch developed on one side-probably po e ed a very highly developed jaw like the marsupial animals which developed from them. '-Haeckel: Hist. Creat . (Eng. ed.), ii. 235. *prō-ma-nā-tion, subst . [Lat. pro forth, and manatio a flowing; mano to flow.] A flowing forth or out; emanation.