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]

• (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)

1. (Catholicism) Dignity or functions of a grand prior.
2. (Catholicism) Jurisdiction of the grand prior.

Related terms

• grão-prior
• erva-do-grão-prior

Further reading

• “grão-priorado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024