prófastr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ provost; probst;—all from the praepositus]:—a provost; in the later Roman Catholic times the provost was a kind of church-steward, a ‘biskups ármaðr,’ and the diocese was divided into provostships, answering to the secular sýsla and sýslu-maðr; the provost might therefore be a layman; eptir ráði biskups eðr prófasts, 117, v. 18, ix. 452, i. 841; this division of the provostship appears in at the beginning of the 14th century, and the Annals.
2. in Norway the provost or dean of a collegiate church; prófastr í Túnsbergi, ix. 284; Ketill p. er varðveitti Máríu-kirkju, iii. 349.II. after the Reformation the office underwent some change, and the prófastdæmi ( probstie) became the division throughout the whole of the land; each provostship consists of several parishes, and one of the parish priests is called prófastr, answering closely to the archdeacon; he is nominated by the bishop, and is the head and overseer of his fellow-priests in the district, has to visit the churches, look after the instruction of the young, , and is a kind of bishop’s vicar, is unpaid, and holds his office for life.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- Lat.Latin.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- esp.especially.
- etc.et cetera.
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Dipl.Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Laur. S.Laurentius saga. (D. III.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)