Pro-vī'sor, n.

n. [Lat., from providere; Fr. proviseur. See PROVIDE.]

1. One who provides. [Obs.] “The chief provisor of our horse.” Ford.
2. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell.
3. (Eccl.) A person appointed by the pope to a benefice before the death of the incumbent, and to the prejudice of the rightful patron.

More sharp and penal laws were devised against provisors. Blackstone.