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Definition of Priorship
1. Noun. The office of prior.
Derivative terms: Prior
Definition of Priorship
1. n. The state or office of prior; priorate.
Definition of Priorship
1. Noun. The state or office of prior; a priorate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Priorship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priorship
Literary usage of Priorship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The book of the Axe: Containing a Piscatorial Description of that Stream and by George Philip Rigney Pulman (1875)
"He held, also, the priorship of Montacute and that of Carswell, Broadhembury.
In 1513 he was appointed warden of Ottery College. But he resigned nearly all ..."
2. The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Medieval by John Begley (1906)
"Limerick diocese, for the first fruits of the priorship of St. Mary's, ...
bound himself for the first fruits of the priorship BV of the Order of St. ..."
3. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1898)
"LETTER XXII As Prior Berne, when chosen in 1454, held his priorship only to 1468,
... Peter Berne resigned the priorship. May i6th, the bishop admitted his ..."
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