Lim"it*er (?), n.

1.

One who, or that which, limits.

2.

A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.

[Formerly written also limitour.]

Chaucer.

A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had one sermon at all times. Latimer.

 

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