PROCTORAGE

Etymology

Noun

proctorage (uncountable)

(derogatory) Management by a proctor, or as if by a proctor; control; superintendence.

Source: Wiktionary


Proc"tor*age n.

Definition: Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt. "The fogging proctorage of money." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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