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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Locum tenens \Lo"cum te"nens\n. [L., holding the place; locus
     place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant.]
     A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Locum tenens \Lo"cum te"nens\ [L., holding the place; locus
     place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant.]
     A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  locum tenens
       n : someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily
           for another member of the same profession [syn: locum]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  locum tenens
     n.
     A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily
  fulfills the duties of another.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  locum tenens
     n.
     A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily
  fulfills the duties of another.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  locum tenens
     n.
     A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily
  fulfills the duties of another.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  locum tenens
     n.
     A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily
  fulfills the duties of another.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  locum tenens /lˈəʊkəm tˈɛnənz/
   [Am.] Vertreter , Vertretung 
           Note: für einen Berufskollegen in den freien Berufen
        "locum tenens physician"  - Vertretungsarzt, ärztlicher Vertreter, ärztliche Vertretung, Honorararzt
        "locum tenens doctor"  - Vertretungsarzt, ärztlicher Vertreter, ärztliche Vertretung, Honorararzt
        "locum tenens priest"  - Vertretungspriester, geistlicher Vertreter
     Synonym: locum
  
   see: locum physician, locum doctor, locum priest
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  LOCUM TENENS. He who holds the place of another, a deputy; as A B, locum 
  tenens of C D, mayor of the city of Philadelphia. 
  
  

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