Priorship

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pri·or¹ (pr

adj.

1. Preceding in time or order: "[They] insist that foreign vessels seeking access obtain prior approval" (Seymour M. Hersh).

2. Preceding in importance or value: a prior consideration.

[Latin; see prior².]

prior·ly adv.

pri·or² (pr

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.]

prior·ate (-

t), prior·ship (-sh

) n.

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Noun

priorship - the office of prior

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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No references found			He later lost his priorship, apparently because of these relaxations. Religion booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal 11) A steadily rising percentage came from families that had held priorships four times or more through the fifteenth century. Competing visions of the state and social welfare: The Medici Dukes, ... by Terpstra, Nicholas / Renaissance Quarterly			prion Prionace Prionace glauca Prionotus Prionotus carolinus prior prior permission prior probability prior restraint prior to priorate prioress prioritise prioritization prioritize priority priority designator priority intelligence requirements priority message priority national intelligence objectives Priority of debts priority of immediate mission requests priority processing priority system for mission requests for tactical reconnaissance Priorly Priorship priory Pripet Pris prisage Priscian Priscillianism Priscillianist Priscoan Priscoan aeon Priscoan eon prise Priser prisere prism Prism glass prism spectroscope Prism telescope prismatic Prismatic borax Prismatic cleavage Prismatic colors Prismatic compass Prismatic spectrum Prismatically prismatoid			Priority Standardization Effort Priority Substances Assessment Program Priority Substances List Priority Survey priority system for mission requests for tactical reconnaissance Priority Target Priority traffic Priority Vehicle List Priority Veterinary Management Consultants Priority Water Problem List Priority Water Resources Caution Area Priority with Reserved Channel and Queue Priority Worldwide Services priority-arbitration circuit Priority-Based Assessment of Food Additives Priority-based Control Engineering Priority-Oriented Demand Assignment Priority-Weighted Fair Queuing Priority/Primary Priority/Urgency/Justification/Category priorly priorly priorly Priorov, Nikolai Priorov, Nikolai Nikolaevich priors priors priors Priorship priorships priorships priorships priory priory Priory of Sion Priory of St. James of Jerusalem Priory Park Preservation Society Priozernyi Priozersk Priozersk (Russia) Priozyorsk PRIP Prip, John Pripet Pripet Pripet Marshes Pripet River Pripev Pripiat Pripiat Marshes Pripisnye Krestiane Pripjet marshes PRIPP Pripsen Pripsen Pripyat Pripyat Pripyat Marshes Pripyat River

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