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noun

1. (Local Government) The equivalent of mayor in some Scottish cities.
2. (Higher Education) The senior academic administrator. Also called the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
3. (Religion) The most powerful position in a monastery below the abbot.

Encyclopedia: Lord Provost, William Collins (Lord Provost), Michael Kelly (Lord Provost), List of Lords Provost of Edinburgh, List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, List of Lord Provosts of Glasgow, Talk:Michael Kelly (Lord Provost), Talk:William Collins (Lord Provost)

Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the four principal cities in Scotland, having a higher status than an English Lord Mayor.

Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost (mayor).

A privilege beyond that given to Lord Mayors is that the Lord Provost is ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant for that city - allowing the city council to choose their own representative from the Queen.

See also

*Provost (civil)
*List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
*List of Lord Provosts of Glasgow
*List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen
*List of Lord Provosts of Dundee
*List of Provosts of Peterhead

Category:Cities in Scotland
Category:Local government in Scotland
Category:Scots language