priorate
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.