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priorates

priorates is the plural of priorate.

Meaning of priorate

Noun

priorate (plural priorates)

  1. The dignity, office, or government of a prior.
    • bishop there during Godfrey's priorate1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry
    Synonyms:
    prioracy, priorship

Questions about priorates

What is priorates the plural of?
Priorates is the plural of priorate.

Words near priorates in the dictionary

  1. prior restraints
  2. prior to
  3. priorable
  4. prioracy
  5. priorate
  6. priorates
  7. Priore
  8. Priores
  9. prioress
  10. prioresses
  11. Priorian

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