† subˈstrator Eccl. Obs. rare.
[f. L. substrāt- (see substrate a.) + -or.]
One of a class of penitents in the early church called substrati; = kneeler 2 a. (Cf. prostrator 2.)
| 1720 Bingham Antiquities xviii. i. §1 The mourners or weepers, the hearers, the substrators, and the co-standers. |