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† suˈpprior Obs.
Also 4–5 -our(e, 5–6 -er.
[a. OF. suppriour (14th c.), med.L. supprior: see sub- 6 and prior. (Cf. Sp. suprior.)]
= subprior.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 208 Þe priour said, ‘Þis day þe suppriour chese we’. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 171 Bothe Prioure an supprioure and owre pater abbas. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 64 The suppriour beholdyng aboute overalle, As is his office, that non of them were absent. 1485Caxton St. Wenefryde 14 Randolf whiche was Suppryour of the hows. c1534[see supprioress]. 1535in Lett. Suppr. Monast. (Camden) 54, I have often commandidd..the supprior..that ther shulld no seculer bois be conversant with ony of the monkes. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. v. 87 When the Supprior of the Abbey of Saint Andrewes was disputing with John Knox.
So † suˈpprioress [OF. supprioresse (14th c.), med.L. suppriorissa], = subprioress.
a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914) 54 Blyssede þat abbaye..þat hase so haly ane abbas as Charyte, a prioresse as Wysedome, a supprioresse as Mekenes. a1455Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 164 To the Suppriouresse of None Eton. c1534in J. Bacon Liber Regis (1786) p. xi, The names of the supprior, supprioresse, sexten, selerer. |