locum tenens

Definitions

A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

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Examples

“[…] who speedily installed his Son […] into the office of Collector of Taxes, as a warming-pan, or locum tenens, till his Father-in-Law's twelvemonths of mock-heroic dignity had expired—or he should think⟳ proper to resume the Collectorship.”

“"I expected better things of you, Professor Summerlee." "You must remember⟳," said Summerlee, sourly, "that I have⟳ a large class in London who are at present⟳ at the mercy of an extremely inefficient locum tenens."”

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