proc'torially
World English Dictionary
proctor (ˈprɒktə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline |
| 2. | (US) (in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc |
| 3. | (formerly) an agent, esp one engaged to conduct another's case in a court |
| 4. | (formerly) an agent employed to collect tithes |
| 5. | Church of England one of the elected representatives of the clergy in Convocation and the General Synod |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (US) (tr) to invigilate (an examination) |
| [C14: syncopated variant of | |
| proctorial | |
| —adj | |
| proc'torially | |
| —adv | |
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Proc'torially
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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