noun
Meaning 1
A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
priory
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹaɪəɹ.i/
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/ˈpɹaɪ.əɹ.i/
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rhymes with -aɪəɹi
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rhymes with -aɪ.əɹi
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noun
Meaning 2
religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious residence, cloister
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman priorie.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: приорат (priorat) — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Catalan: priorat — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Czech: převorství — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Dutch: priorij — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Finnish: prioraatti — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- French: prieuré — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- German: Priorat — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- German: Priorei — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Irish: prióireacht — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Italian: priore — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Latin: prioratus — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Norwegian: priorat — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Norwegian: kloster — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Polish: klasztor — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Portuguese: priorado — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Romanian: priorat — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Russian: приорат (priorat) — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Spanish: priorato — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Spanish: priorazgo — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
- Welsh: priordy — monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress
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