prior
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On the morrow morning, our Prior and his Twelve will be ready to get under way.
Le lendemain matin, notre Prieur et ses Douze seront prêts à partir.
Under one of the arches there is a stone coffin, with a much decayed cover of Purbeck marble, which is supposed to have contained the body of a Prior.
Sous l’un des arcs se trouve un cercueil de pierre, couvert d’une dalle très dégradée en marbre de Purbeck ; ce cercueil aurait renfermé le corps d’un prieur.
Conrad, who succeeded Ernulph as prior, finished the choir, decorating it with great magnificence, and, in the course of his reconstruction, nearly doubling the area of the building.
Conrad, qui succéda à Ernulph comme prieur, acheva le chœur, le décorant avec une grande magnificence, et, au cours de sa reconstruction, doubla presque la surface de l'édifice.
It was Prior Goldstone the second who, about 1500, carried upward the central tower, which Chillenden seems to have left level with the roof of the cathedral.
C'est le prieur Goldstone le Second qui, vers 1500, éleva la tour centrale, que Chillenden semble avoir laissée au niveau du toit de la cathédrale.
At first it had a prosperous career, but the wild Welshmen soon fell upon it, and the Prior and his brethren were forced to betake themselves to the more peaceable regions of Gloucestershire.
Il connut d’abord la prospérité, mais les farouches Gallois l’attaquèrent bientôt, et le prieur et ses frères furent contraints de se réfugier dans les contrées plus paisibles du Gloucestershire.