01 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…
pl.
Priories ((#))
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1.
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. Also: cell, obedience See: Cell
Phrases & compounds
Alien priory —
a small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.
Syn.
See Cloister.