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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

prioratus

: cf. F.

priorat

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

T. Warton.

Noun.

Government by a prior.

See also: priorate

Priorate n

See also: Priorate

priorate ‎(plural priorates)

The dignity, office, or government of a prior.
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