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PRIORSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does priorship mean?
• PRIORSHIP (noun)
The noun PRIORSHIP has 1 sense:
1. the office of prior
Familiarity information: PRIORSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office of prior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("priorship" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Derivation:
prior (the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot)
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