Lord Prior

The Lord Prior is:

  • The name of James Prior, Baron Prior
  • The title of the leader of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitallers in England, otherwise known as the Grand Prior.


Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or prior:

    “My lord endures
    much care of mind.He remembers too often
    a happier dwelling.Woe be to them
    that for a loved onemust wait in longing.”
    —Unknown. The Wife’s Lament (l. 50–53)

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)