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  1. priory
    [n] - religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=priory

  2. Priory
    a monastery or nunnery dependent on an ABBEY or Cathedral.
    Found op http://www.msgb.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. Priory
    See monastery. Priory picture
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let

  4. Priory
    Pri'o·ry noun ; plural Priories . [ Confer Late Latin prioria . See Prior , noun ] A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/163

  5. priory
    Origin: Cf. LL. Prioria. See Prior. ... 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. ... Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed a...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?priory

  6. priory
    noun religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=priory

  7. Priory
    • (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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/priory/

  8. priory
    priory A religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3782/

  9. Priory
    A priory is a monastery governed by a prior. Alien priories were small conventual establishments, or cells, belonging to foreign monasteries.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TP.HTM

  10. Priory
    A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is 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 Benedictines ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory

  11. Priory
    [ward] Priory is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering the northern and central part of Sale, including the Town Centre. Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_(ward)

  12. priory
    1) Cloister 2) Dominican's dwelling 3) Monastery, maybe 4) Monk's home, maybe 5) Religious residence
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/priory/1

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