Thesaurus: priory

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1. 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.
2. n. religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
3. 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.
4. A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; --sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and calledalso cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
5. n:100 n. religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress