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Pro tem

adjective
1.
For the time being.  Synonym: pro tempore.  "Designated him to act as consul protempore"






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"Pro tem" Quotes from Famous Books



... my laborious days, putting on water for his lordship to drink and wash with, and setting up electric light for his lordship to shave himself by, though I suppose his lordship's valet does that. And what price the lodge? For this is our residence pro tem." ...
— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice

... to walk to Jermyn Street, when I noticed an importunate man at the hall door. The servant in charge was the one called Morris, formerly the "odd man," but since the exodus of the servants promoted to be butler pro tem. The stranger was speaking rather loudly, so that there was no difficulty in understanding his grievance. The servant man was respectful in both words and demeanour; but he stood squarely in front of the great double door, so that the other could not enter. The ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker

... the autocracy they need to get what they want unless they are willing to give over to their representatives the necessary trust pro tem., the necessary ex officio right to be autocrats in their behalf. Democracy is autocracy of the people, for the people, by the people—that is, by the people in spirit to their representatives who ...
— The Ghost in the White House • Gerald Stanley Lee



Words linked to "Pro tem" :   temporary, pro tempore, impermanent



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