Abbreviator

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1 Etymology 2 Noun 1 Romanica 1.1 Noun

Etymology

Late Latin: compare French abbréviateur

Noun

1. One who abbreviates or shortens .
2. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition , or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

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Romanica

Noun

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1. 1. abridger, abbreviator 2. [R.C.Ch.] abbreviator