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Meaning of "provostry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROVOSTRY

provostry  [ˈprɒvəstrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROVOSTRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Provostry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROVOSTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of provostry in the English dictionary

The definition of provostry in the dictionary is the office of a provost. Other definition of provostry is a church under a provost.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROVOSTRY


ancestry
ˈænsɛstrɪ
artistry
ˈɑːtɪstrɪ
biochemistry
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
chemistry
ˈkɛmɪstrɪ
dentistry
ˈdɛntɪstrɪ
electrochemistry
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
forestry
ˈfɒrɪstrɪ
immunohistochemistry
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
industry
ˈɪndəstrɪ
maestri
ˈmaɪstrɪ
ministry
ˈmɪnɪstrɪ
pastry
ˈpeɪstrɪ
registry
ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ
tapestry
ˈtæpɪstrɪ
thermochemistry
ˌθɜːməʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROVOSTRY

provocant
provocateur
provocation
provocative
provocatively
provocativeness
provocator
provocatory
provokable
provoke
provokement
provoker
provoking
provokingly
provolone
provost
provost court
provost guard
provost marshal
provostship

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROVOSTRY

combinatorial chemistry
construction industry
entertainment industry
fashion industry
film industry
food industry
foreign ministry
geochemistry
hospitality industry
hostry
hotel industry
immunochemistry
inorganic chemistry
land registry
manufacturing industry
nuclear chemistry
organic chemistry
physical chemistry
service industry
steel industry

Synonyms and antonyms of provostry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «provostry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROVOSTRY

Find out the translation of provostry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of provostry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «provostry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

provostry
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

provostry
570 millions of speakers

English

provostry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

provostry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

provostry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пробство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

provostry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

provostry
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prévôté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Provostry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Propstei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

provostry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

provostry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Provostry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

provostry
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

provostry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Provostry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

provostry
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prepositura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prepozyturze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пробство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

provostry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

provostry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

provostry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

provostry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

provostry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of provostry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVOSTRY»

The term «provostry» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.652 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of provostry
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVOSTRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «provostry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «provostry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about provostry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROVOSTRY»

Discover the use of provostry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to provostry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beverlac; or, The antiquities and history of ... Beverley ...
... from whom a supply of this kind was requested, the chapter of Beverley is enumerated, with the sum of ,£20, as their quota, either in wool or money.1 The first account of a visitation of the provostry, preserved in the manuscript register, is that ...
George Poulson, 1829
2
Beverlac: or, The antiquities and history of the town of ...
or, The antiquities and history of the town of Beverley, in the county of York, and of the provostry and collegiate establishment of St. John's; with a minute description of the present minster and the church of St. Mary, and other ancient and ...
George Poulson, 1829
3
Charters and Documents Relating to the Collegiate Church and ...
The Contract contains a clause of warrandice by Pont that the yearly rent of the Provostry was fully worth the said sum of £I00 Scots. Dated at Edinburgh 26th April 1585. Original in the Archives of the City. Charters, kc, relating to Trinity Church ...
Edinburgh (Scotland). Trinity College Church, Sir James David Marwick, 1871
4
Publications
Sir Hugh Gray chaplain to the provostry, then vacant by the decease 'of Sir Magnus Vans.1 In 1549 Queen Mary presented Sir Nicholas Ros to the provostry of the college church of Thane, and to the vicarage of that church annexed to the  ...
‎1855
5
Origines Parochiales Scotiae: pt. 1. Diocese of Argyle. ...
Sir Hugh Gray chaplain to the provostry, then vacant by the decease of Sir Magnus Vaus.1 In 1544 the provost was Master John Thorntoun precentor of Moray.2 In 1549 Queen Mary presented Sir Nicholas Ros to the provostry of the college ...
Cosmo Innes, William Anderson, Joseph Robertson, 1855
6
A History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Period to the ...
... and supporting their college aforesaid, gave, granted, and disponed to the said Provost, Bailiffs, Council and community of our said town of Edinburgh, and their successors, the provostry of the Trinity college, lands, houses, rents, churches, ...
John Anderson (of Edinburgh.), 1856
7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
On the same day that Robert d'Estouteville had taken the place of Jacques de Villiers in the provostry of Paris, Maitre Jean Dauvet succeeded Messire Helye de Thorrettes in the first presidency of the court of parliament, Jean Jouvenel des ...
Victor Hugo, 2004
8
The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness, ...
It appears by the accounts of Thomas Barton, the receptor general, of the lands and possessions of the provostry, that the issues of Sigglesthorne amounted to the sum of £4 9s. 8d. for one whole year. The provost had also a grant of free ...
George Poulson, 1840
9
Decisions of the Court of Session: from the year 1733 to the ...
This parish was it seems a prebendary of the Provostry of Dunbarton, and the Provost had the patronage, and the patronage of the Provostry was in the family of Lennox, and was by King Charles II. given to the Dutchess of Lennox, in liferent, ...
Scotland. Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies (Lord.), William Maxwell Morison, 1813
10
The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness: ...
The provost had also a grant of free warren, through all his demesne lands, and they continued lords of the manor until the dissolution of the provostry in 1547. To whom this manor was afterwards re-granted is involved in great obscurity.
George Poulson, 1840

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« EDUCALINGO. Provostry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/provostry>. Apr 2024 ».
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