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Definition of Subprior
1. n. The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
Definition of Subprior
1. Noun. The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. ¹
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Definition of Subprior
1. a subordinate prior [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subprior
Literary usage of Subprior
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Customary of the Benedictine Monasteries of Saint Augustine, Canterbury, and by Edward Maunde Thompson, Richard de Ware, Westminster Abbey, Gonville and Caius College Library (1902)
"Prior vel subprior, et ceteri qui ordinis sunt custodes, cum ex illis potissimum 5
... abbas vel prior, vel subprior in absencia eorum, quolibet mense, ..."
2. The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1843)
"... the large stone rood loft, shewn in the engraving, which will be ascended by
two stone staircases immediately behind the prior's and subprior's stalls. ..."
3. The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers by Augusta Theodosia Drane (1891)
"THE subprior OF OSMA. 1194—. THE city of Osma, which in our own day scarcely
exceeds the limits of a village, was in the twelfth century a place of no small ..."
4. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1863)
"... in behalf of the subprior and convent, the archbishop's leave to elect a Prior.
He confirmed the choice of the canons on the 9th of December; and, ..."
5. History of the Present Deanery of Bicester, Oxon by James Charles Blomfield (1884)
"8Jd. Expenses of the subprior at Stratton, to buy sheep there of John Brugge, 1jd.
Expenses of Brother Richard Albon at ..."
6. Historical Introductions to the Rolls Series by William Stubbs, Arthur Hassall (1902)
"to Wingham.1 Alan, the third prior, appeared, with a few of the brethren.
The archbishop began by demanding the deposition of the subprior and John de ..."
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