Dictionary Definition

procurator

1 a person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder]

2 (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman emperor to manage finance and taxes

User Contributed Dictionary

Procurator may refer to:

In Historical uses

Promagistrate, an appointed position in the Roman Republic by the Senate, acting in place of a curator
Roman Procurators of Judaea Province, 44-132 AD
Procurator (Teutonic Knights), a function in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights

In the United Kingdom

Procurator fiscal, the local public prosecutor in Scotland
Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, chief counsel to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Procurator General , formal title of the Treasury Solicitor of the UK government

In Communist states

Public Procurator, a position in current and former communist states, analogous to both detective and public prosecutor
Procurator (Russia), an office of the Russian Empire

In other uses

procurator in German: Prokurator

procurator in Hebrew: פרומגיסטראט

procurator in Dutch: Procurator

procurator in Russian: Прокуратор

procurator in Swedish: Prokurator

procurator in Chinese: 資深長官

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