['pr??l??kju:t?, 'pr?l-, pr?(?)'l?kj?t?]
¦ noun
1. a chairperson of the lower house of convocation in a province of the Church of England.
2. archaic or formal a spokesman.
Origin
ME: from L., from prolocut-, proloqui 'speak out', from pro- 'before' + loqui 'speak'.