prioracy

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prioracy

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From prior + -acy. First use appears c. 1895. See cite below.

noun

dated, obsolete, uncountable The office of a prior. St. Hugh's immediate successor in the prioracy was Bovo, who at the Chartreuse had had a prophetic vision of him as a bishop.
Similar: priorate, priorship

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"prioracy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prioracy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prioracy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prioracy

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"prioracy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prioracy.

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@misc{prioracy_2026,
  title = {prioracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prioracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}