lat. defensor ecclesiae, representante legal eclesiástico οἱ ἐκκλησιέκδικοι τῆς ἁγιωτάτης ἐκκλησίας Iust.Edict.13.10, cf. Nou.56.1, 117.4, 133.5, Cod.Iust.1.3.41.20, CCP (536) Act.2 (p.159.32), IKPolis 45, Milet 6(2).1007.4 (ambas biz.).