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Priory
Priory Pri"o*ry, n.; pl. Priories. [Cf. LL. prioria. See Prior, n.] 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.

Meaning of PRIORY from wikipedia

- priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church. Priories may...
- Prieuré de Sion (French pronunciation: [pʁijœʁe də sjɔ̃]), translated as Priory of Sion, was a fraternal organisation founded in France and dissolved in...
- Priory School may refer to several schools: Priory School (Kingston) Priory School, Isle of Wight, an independent school in Whippingham, Isle of Wight...
- The Priory Hospital, Roehampton, often referred to as The Priory, is a private mental health hospital in South West London. It was founded in 1872 and...
- The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called Bushmead Priory, was a monastic foundation for Augustinian Canons, located at Bushmead (a hamlet...
- Helgeseter Priory or Elgeseter Priory (Elgeseter kloster) was a medieval era house of Augustinian Canons in what is now the neighborhood of Elgeseter in...
- The Priory School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Hitchin in the English county of Hertfordshire. The Priory School is...
- The Priory Group is a provider of mental health care facilities in the United Kingdom. The group operates at more than 500 sites with over 7,000 beds....
- Priory Park may refer to: Priory Park, Chichester Priory Park, Dudley Priory Park, Great Malvern, home to notable specimens of Davidia involucrata Priory...
- which was destro**** during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England. Other notable sites built on the...