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consultant , ra . ( Of the lat. )( consultant, - oris ). 1. adj. That gives his opinion, consulted on any matter. U t. c. s. 2. adj. consultant. U t. c. s. 3. m. and f. person an expert in a subject on which advises professionally. 4. m. expert, sometimes lay, who is summoned to advise councils and some congregations of the Roman curia. NOCs ultor of the Holy Office. 1. m. Minister of this ecclesiastical court, which formerly was attending hearings and gave his view earlier than the regular, and most recently only served as a substitute, absences and illnesses, lawyers of the poor prisoners.