noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior
- superior/elder monk
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
- Source: C.H. Beeson, “A Primer of Medieval Latin”, 1925 (Bee)