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Prior (or prioress) is an
ecclesiastical title for a
superior in some
religious orders. The word is
derived from the
Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...
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Santa Maria Novella is a
church in Florence, Italy,
situated opposite, and
lending its name to, the city's main
railway station. Chronologically, it is...
- congregation.
Superiors of
independent monasteries can also be
abbesses or
prioresses. The
religious sister dedicates her life to God and to the
service of...
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Armathwaite Nunnery was a
Benedictine nunnery in ****bria, England. It was
situated near the
confluence of the
rivers Croglin Water and Eden in the southern...
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Originally called the
nunnery of
Lekeley from the name of the land it was
built upon, the
former nunnery of
Seaton is to the
north of the
parish of Bootle...
- religious.
General Councilors became full-time parti****nts with the
Prioresses in
directing the life in
mission of the Congregation. Over the years,...
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Broadholme Priory was a
convent of
canonesses of the
Premonstratensian Order located near to the
village of Broadholme.
Historically in Nottinghamshire...
- The
Priory of Haute-Bruyère (French: Prieuré de Haute-Bruyère), also
known as the
Priory of Our Lady of Haute-Bruyère (Prieuré Notre-Dame-des-Hautes-Bruyères)...
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tournaments in 1331, and
Dartford was
chosen to host one of these. The
prioresses were as
follows (with
dates of record) Matilda, 1356, 1372 Jane Barwe...
- the land at
Broom in
exchange for ****ley. In 1275
Mabel and Alice, the
prioresses respectively of
Black Ladies and Blithbury,
recorded a land deal with...
