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plural - priories; noun (a building in which a community of monks or nuns live.) prioratotr['praɪərɪ]1 prioraton.• priorato s.m.'praɪəri['praɪǝrɪ]N priorato m* * *['praɪəri] -
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s.priorato (religión) (plural priories) -
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adjective1) (already arranged for the same time: a prior engagement.) previo, anterior2) (more important: She gave up her job as she felt her family had a prior claim on her attention.) prioritario•- priority- prior to
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feminine - prioress; noun(the head of a priory.) prior; priora- priory
prior,-a m,f (hombre) prior (mujer) prioress ' prior' also found in these entries: Spanish: anterioridad - cita - octava - octavo - previa - previo - priora - antelación - anterior - avisar - aviso - víspera English: engagement - prior - warningtr['praɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 anterior, previo,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprior to antes deto have a prior claim on/to something tener prioridad sobre algo————————tr['praɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL prior nombre masculinoprior ['praɪər] adj1) : previo2)prior to : antes deadj.• anterior adj.• previo, -a adj.n.• anterior s.m.• prior s.m.
I 'praɪər, 'praɪə(r)adjective (before n) <knowledge/warning> previoI had a prior engagement — ya tenía un compromiso, tenía un compromiso previo
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noun prior m
I ['praɪǝ(r)]1. ADJ1) (=previous) previo•
to have a prior claim to or on sth/sb, there are others who have a prior claim on my time — hay otros a los que tengo que dedicar mi tiempo que tienen prioridad or están antesshe felt that her past connection with him gave her a prior claim to him — le parecía que su pasada relación le daba ciertos derechos sobre él
2) (=earlier) [week, month, year] anterior2.ADVfrmprior to sth — anterior or previo a algo
prior to (his) leaving he hid the money — antes de marchar, escondió el dinero
in the years prior to his death — en los años anteriores or previos a su muerte
prior to that day we had not met — antes de ese día no nos conocíamos, hasta ese día no nos conocimos
prior to this/that — antes de esto/eso
3.ADV (US) antes
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['praɪǝ(r)]N (Rel) prior m* * *
I ['praɪər, 'praɪə(r)]adjective (before n) <knowledge/warning> previoI had a prior engagement — ya tenía un compromiso, tenía un compromiso previo
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plural; see priory
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Priory — • A monastery whose superior is a prior. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Priory Priory † … Catholic encyclopedia
Priory — Pri o*ry, n.; pl. {Priories}. [Cf. LL. prioria. See {Prior}, n.] A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also {cell}, and {obedience}. See {Cell}, 2. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
priory — late 13c., from Anglo Fr. priorie (mid 13c.), from M.L. prioria monastery governed by a prior, from L. prior (see PRIOR (Cf. prior) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
priory — *cloister, monastery, nunnery, convent, abbey … New Dictionary of Synonyms
priory — ► NOUN (pl. priories) ▪ a monastery or nunnery governed by a prior or prioress … English terms dictionary
priory — [prī′ə rē] n. pl. priories [ME < Anglo Fr priorie < ML prioria] a monastery governed by a prior, or a convent governed by a prioress, sometimes as a subordinate branch of an abbey SYN. CLOISTER … English World dictionary
Priory — For other uses, see Priory (disambiguation). The Priory de Graville, France A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters (as the… … Wikipedia
priory — [[t]pra͟ɪ͟əri[/t]] priories N COUNT: oft in names after n A priory is a place where a small group of monks live and work together. ...Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island … English dictionary
priory — UK [ˈpraɪərɪ] / US [ˈpraɪrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms priory : singular priory plural priories a building where the members of a Christian religious community live … English dictionary
Priory — A house of canons regular; a monastery ruled by a *prior or a *convent by a prioress. Cf. Alien priory … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
priory — noun the sisters of this priory are famous for their spinning and weaving Syn: religious house, abbey, cloister; monastery, friary; convent, nunnery … Thesaurus of popular words