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PRIORY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("priory" is a kind of...):
cloister; religious residence (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))