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:<br><b>1.</b> (<i>cf.</i> <i>class.</i> <i>plural.</i> priores &laquo;<span class="fr">devanciers, ancêtres</span> — <span class="en">elders, ancestors</span>&raquo;) <span class="fr"><i>prédécesseur</i> dans une charge, une dignité</span> — <span class="en"><i>predecessor</i> in an office, a dignity</span>.<br><b>2.</b> <span class="fr"><i>abbé</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>abbot</i></span>.<br><b>3.</b> <span class="fr"><i>le deuxième moine</i> après l'abbé</span> — <span class="en"><i>the second monk</i> behind the abbot</span>.<br><b>4.</b> <span class="fr"><i>prévôt</i></span><span class="fr"> d'un chapitre de chanoines</span> — <span class="en"><i>provost</i> of a chapter of canons</span>.<br><b>5.</b> prior cantorum: <span class="fr">chantre</span> — <span class="en">precentor</span>. Prior scholae: <span class="fr">écolâtre</span> — <span class="en">scholast</span>.<br><b>6.</b> prior vestiarii: <span class="fr">dignitaire de l'église romaine</span> — <span class="en">dignitary of the Roman church</span>.<br><b>7.</b> <i>plural.</i> priores: <span class="fr"><i>les grands d'un royaume</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>the great men of a realm</i></span>.<br><b>8.</b> <span class="fr"><i>les notabilités d'un lieu</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>local notabilities</i></span>.<br><b>9.</b> <span class="fr"><i>les moines les plus âgés</i> dans un monastère</span> — <span class="en"><i>the elder monks</i> of a monastery</span>.<br><b>10.</b> <span class="fr"><i>les principaux clercs</i></span><span class="fr"> d'un évêché</span> — <span class="en"><i>the foremost ecclesiastics</i> of a bishopric</span>.<br><b>11.</b> <i>femin.</i> <i>gener.</i>: <span class="fr"><i>abbesse</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>abbess</i></span>.<br><b>12.</b> <i>femin.</i> <i>gener.</i>: <span class="fr"><i>prieure</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>prioress</i></span>.
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