priory

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Today, the priory is a mere ruin and is in possession of the Anglican Church.

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  1. noun A monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.

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  • Today, the priory is a mere ruin and is in possession of the Anglican Church. —  Mary Victrix
  • At that time, the priory was also closed and then it fell into neglect. —  Mary Victrix
  • "That also has the ruins of an ancient priory, and possesses more historical associations and wonderful legends than I could possibly repeat. —  Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
  • The ruins that remain give some idea of the extent of this wonderful priory, another relic being the adjacent mound on which the Calvary stood, probably constructed of the earth removed for the purpose from the Dripping Pan, as the hollow circular space is called where Lewes now plays cricket. —  Highways ; Byways in Sussex
  • The priory, although much in ruins, is very interesting, and well worth seeing and exploring with a reconstructive eye Sidenote: THE TWO DICKERS A little further west is the Dicker--or rather the two Dickers, Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker, large commons between Arlington in the south and Chiddingly in the north. —  Highways ; Byways in Sussex
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  1. from Middle English priorie, from Old French priorie, prioree, prieuree (= Italian prioria), feminine, a priory (cf. Middle Latin prioria, the office of a prior, a priory), a later form for Old French priore, prieure, from Middle Latin prioratus, the office of a prior, from prior, a prior: see prior, n., and cf. priorate.
 

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