Prioracy

Quick meaning: Prioracy is a noun meaning (dated, obsolete) The office of a prior.

Meaning

(dated, obsolete) The office of a prior.

Example Sentences

... livestock and crop output between the beginning and end of Semeno's prioracy.

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

... that he may be able to get himself a prioracy or abbacy, where he can first introduce a numerous retinue of his relatives.

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 .

Synonyms for prioracy

Depending on context, synonyms include priorate, priorship.

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