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prior

vr.tr.prior · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the office of prior, relay monastic, mendicant and military order uses from church history and canon law sources with attribution, describe the named offices, and distinguish priors from abbots, superiors general, deans and secular priors in civic institutions.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the office of prior, relay monastic, mendicant and military order uses from church history and canon law sources with attribution, describe the named offices, and distinguish priors from abbots, superiors general, deans and secular priors in civic institutions.

A religious superior in Christian monastic and mendicant orders, either the head of a priory, a house usually dependent on an abbey or without abbatial status, the deputy of an abbot known as a claustral prior, or the head of a whole order styled prior general, as among Carmelites and Augustinians, with a prioress as the female counterpart; the registry aliases also name offices in military orders, such as the Grand Prior of Catalonia and the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, head of the Knights Hospitaller there who sat in the House of Lords, the prior hospitaller, and the bishop-prior of the military orders in Ciudad Real, as well as prior-administrators appointed temporarily.

What it is for: Leading or deputising in a religious community or order.

It can be explain the office; relay monastic and military uses; describe named offices; distinguish related offices.

Distinguishing features

Monastic or order leadership

Below or instead of abbot

Military order use

Varied by tradition

What it looks like

Not a visible object; an office held by a person, often in the habit of the order.

Physical character

Latin origin: prior, first or former note

Grand Priory of England dissolution: 1540 year - Henry VIII

female counterpart: prioress note

How it is recognised

Religious superior of a priory or order

Prior-administrator, Grand Prior of Catalonia, prelate of Ciudad Real, Prior General, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, prior hospitaller

Abbots head abbeys; superiors general head institutes; deans lead chapters; civic priors held secular offices

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

superior

leads -

priory

includes -

prior general

is contrasted with -

abbot

In practice

Families and kinds

conventual priors

claustral priors

priors general

grand priors of military orders

prior-administrators

Standards and regulation

Canon law and order constitutions

Statutes of military orders

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing prior and abbot

Mixing religious and military order offices

Registry parent nun is misfiled for a mostly male office

Also called

prior-administratorGran Prior de Catalunyaprelate of Ciudad RealPrior Generalprior of St John of Jerusalem in Englandprior hospitallerprior of Romainmôtierprior of Nantuaprior of PayernePrior of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorialgrand priorPrior of Taizéprieur commendatairePrior of Christ ChurchPrior of DurhamPrior of OronsayPrior of St Andrewsparsonpriest of a cityparochusparish priest of Neuflizeparson-naturalistuniversity chaplainParochus of Our Lady of the Assumption of AhuachapánParochus of Santa Anapriest of FigeacParochus of AtecaParish priest of Santa María de CanáParochus of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de PozueloParish priest of AltabásParochus of Valdemorillosenior priest

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.prior

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a prior is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a prior, and how does the office differ from abbots, superiors general, deans and civic priors? definition
  2. Is the question about a monastery, a religious order, a military order or history? boundary

Offices

Named offices.

Offices

Offices.

  1. What are prior-administrators, priors general, the Grand Prior of Catalonia, the English Hospitaller prior and the Ciudad Real prelate? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific office? action
Monastic Monastic usage.

Attribution.

Benedictine

Benedictine priors.

Benedictine

Benedictine.

  1. How do Benedictine traditions distinguish conventual and claustral priors? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Mendicant

Mendicant orders.

Mendicant

Mendicant.

  1. How do Carmelites, Dominicans and Augustinians use the title prior? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Military orders Military orders.

Sources.

Hospitallers

Knights Hospitaller.

Hospitallers

Hospitallers.

  1. What were grand priories of the Knights Hospitaller, such as in England and Catalonia? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Knights Hospitaller? action

Spain

Spanish military orders.

Spain

Spain.

  1. What was the Prior of the Military Orders in Ciudad Real? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Diocese of Ciudad Real? action
Context History and places.

Context.

Dissolution

Dissolution.

Dissolution

Dissolution.

  1. How did the dissolution of the monasteries end priories in England? provenance
  2. Which entry fits dissolution of the monasteries? action

Places

Priory buildings.

Places

Places.

  1. What is a priory building, and which notable priories survive? provenance
  2. Which entry fits priory? action

What the second pass must settle

  • The registry parent nun should be reviewed, with prioress as a separate entry
  • How should church history sources be linked?
  • Should military order grand priors be separate entries?
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