grão-priorado
Portuguese
Etymology
From grão (“gran”) + priorado (“priorate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾi.oˈɾa.du/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪ.oˈɾa.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾjoˈɾa.du/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾjoˈɾa.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾi.oˈɾa.do/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪ.oˈɾa.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾjoˈɾa.do/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾjoˈɾa.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾi.uˈɾa.du/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾi.uˈɾa.ðu], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾjuˈɾa.du/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾjuˈɾa.ðu]
- Hyphenation: grão‧-pri‧o‧ra‧do
Noun
grão-priorado m (plural grão-priorados)
- (Catholicism) Dignity or functions of a grand prior.
- (Catholicism) Jurisdiction of the grand prior.
Related terms
Further reading
- “grão-priorado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025