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:

    “Rou-cou spoke the dove,
    Like the sooth lord of sorrow,
    Of sooth love and sorrow,
    And a hail-bow, hail-bow,
    To this morrow.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “They never taste who always drink;
    They always talk who never think.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)