英语词汇“grand prior”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Grand Prior n. (a) the commander of a priory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, or of Malta; (b) (in some large medieval European abbeys, e.g. Cluny and Fécamp) the senior of two or more priors (now historical).The title is now also used in the British royal order of chivalry the Order of St John (cf. quot. 2004), of which St John Ambulance is a subsidiary charity. [Compare French grand prieur (16th cent.; compare Middle French grant prieus (14th cent.)).]

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1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biii The graund Pryor of Fraunce..had gotten some taste of their disposition.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 303 The Seignior of each Nation is..Grand Prior of his Nation, of the Great Cross..and one of the Privy Council to the Great Master.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Monastery of St. Dennis, there were antiently five Priors; the first whereof was call'd the Grand Prior... There are also Grand Priors in the Military Orders.

1842 Southern Lit. Messenger Feb. 141/2 Leo de Strozzi, the young Knight who was named to succeed him, was a nephew of Pope Clement VII, by whom he had been made Grand-Prior of Capua, and a monk of St. John.

1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. xxii. 348 Later this force met with the troops of the Archbishop of Rouen and the Grand Prior of France, who were..routed with much slaughter.

1999 J. L. Singman Daily Life in Medieval Europe vi. 145 Cluny was so large that it required two priors. The grand prior was responsible for overseeing the abbey's affairs as a feudal landholder.

2004 Times (Nexis) 28 June (Features section) 27 His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Order of St John, this evening attended a Concert for St John Ambulance, London (Prince of Wales's) District.

单词	grand prior
释义	> as lemmas Grand Prior Grand Prior n. (a) the commander of a priory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, or of Malta; (b) (in some large medieval European abbeys, e.g. Cluny and Fécamp) the senior of two or more priors (now historical).The title is now also used in the British royal order of chivalry the Order of St John (cf. quot. 2004), of which St John Ambulance is a subsidiary charity. [Compare French grand prieur (16th cent.; compare Middle French grant prieus (14th cent.)).] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > provincial > [noun] > of Knights of St. John Great Prior1523 Grand Prior1589 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biii The graund Pryor of Fraunce..had gotten some taste of their disposition. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 303 The Seignior of each Nation is..Grand Prior of his Nation, of the Great Cross..and one of the Privy Council to the Great Master. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Monastery of St. Dennis, there were antiently five Priors; the first whereof was call'd the Grand Prior... There are also Grand Priors in the Military Orders. 1842 Southern Lit. Messenger Feb. 141/2 Leo de Strozzi, the young Knight who was named to succeed him, was a nephew of Pope Clement VII, by whom he had been made Grand-Prior of Capua, and a monk of St. John. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. xxii. 348 Later this force met with the troops of the Archbishop of Rouen and the Grand Prior of France, who were..routed with much slaughter. 1999 J. L. Singman Daily Life in Medieval Europe vi. 145 Cluny was so large that it required two priors. The grand prior was responsible for overseeing the abbey's affairs as a feudal landholder. 2004 Times (Nexis) 28 June (Features section) 27 His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Order of St John, this evening attended a Concert for St John Ambulance, London (Prince of Wales's) District. extracted from grandadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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