locos tenentes

A form of locum tenens — A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

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Meanings

nounlocos tenentes pl
  1. pluralrareplural of locum tenens

    In the mean time the independent members (so called) were given to understand, and not in the most courteous manner, that they were mere locos tenentes, (tenants at will) entirely subservient to the power that had given them their visionary elevation.

    1846, The New Zealand Journal, volume 2, page 81
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