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prioracy

noun

Etymology

From prior + -acy. First use appears c. 1895. See cite below.

  1. derived from prior — “ancestor; predecessor”
  2. derived from prior
  3. derived from priour
  4. inherited from prior
  5. inherited from priour
  6. suffixed as prioracy — “prior + -acy”

Definitions

  1. The office of a prior.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA