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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 priorplay

  Familiarity information: PRIORSHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRIORSHIP (noun)


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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