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priory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cloister, religious residence |
Examples of priory
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There were stalls and activities on the priory lawn to keep the children amused.
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The inn was the property of the Kentchurch estate, and adjoined a ruined priory.
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Through the trees, to the left, are the remains of the priory that has history.
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The Augustinian canons used the materials to found their priory of Old Buckenham.
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In the early 12th century Henry I allowed the foundation of a priory in Carlisle.
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The priory passed into the care of Canons Regular sometime between 1146 and 1174.
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They take sanctuary in a nearby priory, where the Abbess resolutely protects them.
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He spent most of his career at the newly-founded Dominican priory at Hereford.
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For weeks he had been living in the tranquil priory of Saint-Francois in Nice.
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- Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
- A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters (as the Dominicans, Augustinians and Carmelites, for instance), or monasteries of monks or nuns (as the Carthusians).
- The Priory Group is an independent provider of mental health care facilities in the United Kingdom. They also manage schools, some for students with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. The chief executive officer is Philip Scott .
- The Priory is a play by Michael Wynne. It opened at the downstairs theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009. The production starred Jessica Hynes, Rupert Penry-Jones, Charlotte Riley, Alastair Mackenzie, Joseph Millson and Rachael Stirling. ...
- A monastery; in the Benedictine orders a house dependent upon an abbey; in certain orders such as the Augustinians or the mendicant orders, any religious house
- Another word for monastery, a place lived in by monks
