Meaning of prioracy | Babel Free

Definitions

The office of a prior.

dated, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“St. Hugh's immediate successor in the prioracy was Bovo, who at the Chartreuse had had a prophetic vision of him as a bishop.”

“Whenever a prior of that place⟳ should die⟳, another prior, who should be appointed in succession from Marmoutier (de majori Monasteri) by the abbot of that place⟳ to the dignity of that prioracy, should come⟳ and dwell there ...”

“... livestock and crop output between the beginning and end⟳ of Semeno's prioracy.”

“... that he may be able to get⟳ himself a prioracy or abbacy, where he can first introduce⟳ a numerous retinue of his relatives.”

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