provoire

== Old French == === Alternative forms === prevoire, preveire === Etymology === From earlier prevoire, from Vulgar Latin *previterum, *prebiterum, from Latin presbyterum, accusative of presbyter (cf. the synonym prestre derived from the nominative form). Compare Occitan preveire. === Noun === provoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural provoires, nominative singular provoires, nominative plural provoire) priest ==== Usage notes ==== According to some sources, prestre and provoire were once inflected forms of the same word. Even so, the two rarely appear in texts together. ==== Synonyms ==== (more common) prestre ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: prouvaire