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Proctorial

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proc·tor  (prktr)
n.
A supervisor especially of an examination or dormitory in a school.
tr.v. proc·tored, proc·tor·ing, proc·tors
To supervise (an examination).
[Middle English procutor, proctour, university officer, manager, from procuratour; see procurator.]
proc·tori·al (-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
proctor·ship n.
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Spenlow's proctorial gown and stiff cravat took Peggotty down a little, and inspired her with a greater reverence for the man who was gradually becoming more and more etherealized in my eyes every day, and about whom a reflected radiance seemed to me to beam when he sat erect in Court among his papers, like a little lighthouse in a sea of stationery.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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