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definidor.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
definidor.
Principal English Translation: 

a member of a religious order who composes a chapter or an assembly to govern the order, under the presidency of the superior (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
tibinitore, divinedores, dividores, antivinidores, devinedores
Attestations from sources in English: 

For many examples of the use of this term, see Thomas Calvo, Eustaquio Celestino, Magdalena Gómez, Jean Meyer, and Ricardo Xochitemol, Xalisco, la voz de un pueblo en el siglo XVI (Mexico: CIESAS/CEMCA, 1993).

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance
Religion (Christian)