单词 | great prior |
释义 | > as lemmasGreat Prior Great Prior n. [perhaps after Middle French, French grand prieur (16th cent.; compare Middle French grand prieus (14th cent.)): see prior n.1 1] now historical = Grand Prior n. (b) at grand adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1523 R. Sampson & R. Jarnegan Let. in L. Howard Coll. Lett. from Orig. MSS (1753) 191 Newis from the Capitaine of Purpinian, the which is Great Prior off Seinct Thou's, and the Emperor's Lieutenant there. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i. 2 My Lord the county of Tende accompanied with the great prior of Rome..& diuers other captaines. 1685 tr. R. Simon Hist. Orig. & Progress Eccl. Revenues 232 In every province there is a great Prior who from time to time holds Provincial Chapters. 1755 J. Spotiswood Acct. Relig. Houses Scotl. in R. Keith Large New Catal. Bishops Scotl. 267 This Order was first composed of eight Languages or Nations; whereof..the Great Prior of Italy is Admiral. 1848 Secret Societies, Templars 244 The Great-priors, Great-preceptors, or Provincial Masters..of the three Provinces of Jerusalem, Tripoli, and Antioch. 1942 H. C. Lancaster in Adventures Literary Historian i. 108 The spectators, including the Duke of Vendôme, his brother the Great Prior, other nobles, and several authors, were awaiting the arrival of the Dauphin. 1981 R. J. Sealy Palace Acad. Henry III 15 The Great Prior left studies a learned man. < as lemmas |
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