abbreviators
abbreviators n. (教会法)协助教皇起草教皇通谕及将祷文缩写为教皇诏书形式的官员
abbreviator. 1. One who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens. 2. Eccles. law. An officer in the court of Rome ap-pointed as assistant to the vice-chancellor for drawing up the Pope’s briefs and reducing petitions, when granted, into proper form to be converted into papal bulls.