priorate

American  

[prahy-er-it] / ˈpraɪ ər ɪt /

noun

1. the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.

2. a priory.

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priorate British  

/ ˈpraɪərɪt /

noun

1. the office, status, or term of office of a prior

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Etymology

Origin of priorate

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin priōrātus priority, preference ( Medieval Latin: office of a prior). See prior ², -ate ³

Example Sentences

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priorate

I., it was found that he claimed no portion of the temporalities of the Priory, beyond the right to place an official there, during the vacancy of the priorate, as temporary custodian. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

Another was established in Nalbacán, a priorate with a vote, although it has been greatly exhausted by the burning of the church and convent.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

Batac also is an excellent priorate, and now is one of those that have a vote and are more esteemed.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

In 1590 he took charge of the Manila priorate and was elected provincial for the second time in 1593.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

Just before his assumption of the priorate, however, a new complication had arisen.

From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell

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