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LOCUM-TENENS

\lˈə͡ʊkəmtˈɛnənz], \lˈə‍ʊkəmtˈɛnənz], \l_ˈəʊ_k_ə_m_t_ˈɛ_n_ə_n_z]\

Definitions of LOCUM-TENENS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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l[=o]'kum-t[=e]n'enz, n. a deputy or substitute.--n. L[=O]'CUM-T[=E]N'ENCY, the holding by a temporary substitute of a post. [L. locus, a place, ten[=e]re, to hold.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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