Locum
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A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a locum tenens physician is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. In the Catholic Church, an example of a locum tenens is an apostolic administrator, often a bishop who temporarily governs a vacant see until a new ordinary is appointed.
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A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a locum tenens physician is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. In the Catholic Church, an example of a locum tenens is an apostolic administrator, often a bishop who temporarily governs a vacant see until a new ordinary is appointed.
Locum tenens is a Latin phrase meaning "place holding", akin to the Greek topoteretes, or French lieutenant.
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