† suˈpprior Obs.
Also 4–5 -our(e, 5–6 -er.
[a. OF. suppriour (14th c.), med.L. supprior: see sub- 6 and prior. (Cf. Sp. suprior.)]
= subprior.
| 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 208 Þe priour said, ‘Þis day þe suppriour chese we’. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 171 Bothe Prioure an supprioure and owre pater abbas. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 64 The suppriour beholdyng aboute overalle, As is his office, that non of them were absent. 1485 Caxton St. Wenefryde 14 Randolf whiche was Suppryour of the hows. c 1534 [see supprioress]. 1535 in Lett. Suppr. Monast. (Camden) 54, I have often commandidd..the supprior..that ther shulld no seculer bois be conversant with ony of the monkes. 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. v. 87 When the Supprior of the Abbey of Saint Andrewes was disputing with John Knox. |
So † suˈpprioress [OF. supprioresse (14th c.), med.L. suppriorissa], = subprioress.
| a 1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914) 54 Blyssede þat abbaye..þat hase so haly ane abbas as Charyte, a prioresse as Wysedome, a supprioresse as Mekenes. a 1455 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 164 To the Suppriouresse of None Eton. c 1534 in J. Bacon Liber Regis (1786) p. xi, The names of the supprior, supprioresse, sexten, selerer. |