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Webster 1913 Edition

Priorate

Pri′or-ate

,

Noun.

[LL.

prioratus

: cf. F.

priorat

.]

The dignity, office, or government, of a prior.

T. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Priorate

PRI'ORATE

,

Noun.

Government by a prior.