Priory

A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior.

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A 'regular' priory is a monastery governed by a prior or prioress, usually Catholic.

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An alien priory is a priory which is dependent on a foreign mother house, and an alien priory cell was a residence of two or three monks dependent on a foreign mother house but sent to exploit a distant estate. Alien priory cells were suppressed in 1414.

Monastery: A monastery is the habitation of monks. Originally: a hermit's cell. Christian monasteries are also called abbey, priory, charterhouse, friary, and preceptory, while the habitation of nuns can also be called a convent....

Prior: Prior is a Latin adjective, meaning 'coming before', as 'earlier' (as in a priori, regardless what comes next)....

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Priory related Images and Photos (experimental)

A View of Conishead Priory Lancashire the Seat of Colonel T.R.G. Braddyl

Priors Chapel and Tower from Cloister Castle Acre Priory Norfolk England United Kingdom Europe