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PRIORY
priory
(noun) religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
priory (plural priories)
A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"o*ry, n.; pl. Priories. Etym: [Cf. LL. prioria. See Prior, n.]
Definition: A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot. Alien priory, a small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.
Syn.
– See Cloister.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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