ˈsub-preˌceptor Obs. exc. Hist.
[sub- 6.]
An assistant preceptor or instructor. Hence ˌsub-precepˈtorial a.
| 1698 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 406 The bishop of Salisbury, his preceptor, 1200{pstlg} per ann.; and Dr. Willis, his subpreceptor, 400{pstlg}. 1755 [see subgovernor]. 1827 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 6 He had..been Sub-preceptor to his present Majesty, then Prince of Wales, and to the Duke of York. 1847 Medwin Shelley II. 221 Sub-preceptor to the Princess Charlotte. Ibid., To relieve him from his sub-preceptorial duties. |