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Definition of priorate - 2 dictionary results

pri⋅or⋅ate

  [prahy-er-it]
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–noun
1. the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
2. a priory.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL priōrātus priority, preference (ML: office of a prior). See prior 2 , -ate 3
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pri·or 2   (prī'ər)   
n.  

  1. A monastic officer in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbot of an abbey.

  2. One of the ruling magistrates of the medieval Italian republic of Florence.


[Middle English priour, from Old English and Old French prior, both from Medieval Latin, from Latin, superior; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
pri'or·ate (-ĭt), pri'or·ship' (-shĭp') n.
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