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Definition of Priorate
1. n. The dignity, office, or government, of a prior.
Definition of Priorate
1. Noun. The dignity, office, or government of a prior. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Priorate
1. the office of a prior [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priorate
Literary usage of Priorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1863)
"It is also by itself on the great screen which divides the choir from the transepts.
This was probably constructed (luring Smithson's priorate. ..."
2. Memorials of Old Whitby; Or, Historical Gleanings from Ancient Whitby Records by John Christopher Atkinson (1894)
"ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE CHANGE OF THE priorate INTO AN ABBACY, AND INFERENTIAL
MATTERS THEREWITH CONNECTED I HAVE spoken in the preceding section of the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Dante by John Addington Symonds (1890)
"... Dante's Studies after the Death of Beatrice : his gradual Idealisation of
her—(vi) The Beginning of Discord in Florence: Dante's priorate, Marriage, ..."
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