Prioracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office of a prior. dated, obsolete, uncountable

    "St. Hugh's immediate successor in the prioracy was Bovo, who at the Chartreuse had had a prophetic vision of him as a bishop."

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prioratepriorship

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"St. Hugh's immediate successor in the prioracy was Bovo, who at the Chartreuse had had a prophetic vision of him as a bishop."

Etymology

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

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