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Priory

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Priory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/priory.html. 1828.