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Definition of Claustral prior

Claustral prior
Prior Pri"or, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.] (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory. Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.

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- orders have three kinds of priors: the claustral prior the conventual prior the obedientiary prior The Claustral prior (Latin prior claustralis), called dean...
- Provincial prior, Archimandrite Religious superior - Monastic superiors Abbot conventual prior Obedientiary prior Second Claustral prior or Deans Sub-prior Archimandrite...
- all the rights and privileges of an actual abbot. Under the title of Claustral Prior a regular superior was appointed to supervise the internal discipline...
- X authorized the religious to elect their own regular superior, a claustral prior independent of the commendatory abbot, who from this time forward was...
- abbot since Jacques Hommet in the 16th century) Jean-Louis Pierdait, claustral prior of Silos Abbey, coadjutor of Pothier (1920-1923), abbot 1923–1942 Gabriel...
- Abbey of Montec****ino, he was archivist, master novice and claustral prior. He was prior of the monastery of San Pietro d'****isi and pastor of the parish...
- Oswald, whose earlier details are badly do****ented, at this point was claustral prior (deputy-abbot) of Glenluce Abbey and was elected locally to fill the...
- Notre-Dame de la Garde became a priory. The prior of the sanctuary was also one of four claustral priors of Saint-Victor. From the time that the chapel...
- bishop and abbot, and to deal with the affairs of the monastery, a Claustral Prior and a Subprior were appointed by the Abbot-Bishop. There was also a...
- and Dunkeld. Mandate to enquire into the claim advanced by Oswald, claustral prior of Glenluys, O. Cist., Galloway diocese, to be the true bishop of Galloway...