priorate
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See also: Priorate
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin prioratus; compare French priorat; or prior + -ate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
priorate (plural priorates)
- The dignity, office, or government of a prior.
- 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
- bishop there during Godfrey's priorate
Further reading[edit]
- “priorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.