Definition of Priorship

1. Noun. The office of prior.

Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
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

prioritising
prioritizable
prioritization
prioritizations
prioritize
prioritized
prioritizer
prioritizers
prioritizes
prioritizing
priority
priority mail
priority processing
priorly
priors
priorship (current term)
priorships
priory
priour
priours
prisage
prisages
priscan
prise
prise de fer
prised
priser
prisere
priseres
prisers

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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