Priory Definition

prīə-rē
priories
noun
A monastery governed by a prior, or a convent governed by a prioress, sometimes as a subordinate branch of an abbey.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
priory
Plural:
priories

Priory Sentence Examples

  • He practically made me call my brother and now I'm going up to Weston Priory in Vermont and spend the week with him.

  • Muswell Hill took name from a holy well, of high repute for curative powers, over which an oratory was erected early in the 12th century, attached to the priory of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell.

  • The guildhall is formed from part of the Priory.

  • In the same year that college took possession of the alien priory of Sele, Sussex, the proceedings for the suppression of which had been going on since 1469.

  • The next year saw the appropriation to the college of the Augustinian Priory of Selborne, Hants.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRI

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YRYORY

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