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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Priory \Pri"o*ry\, n.; pl. Priories. [Cf. LL. prioria. See
     Prior, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the
           prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as
           independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where
           the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior
           was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Alien priory, a small religious house dependent on a large
        monastery in some other country.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: See Cloister.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Priory \Pri"o*ry\, n.; pl. Priories. [Cf. LL. prioria. See
     Prior, 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.
  
     Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the
           prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as
           independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where
           the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior
           was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot.
  
     Alien priory, a small religious house dependent on a large
        monastery in some other country.
  
     Syn: See Cloister.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  priory
       n : religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a
           convent governed by a prioress

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  priory
     n.
     A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  priory
     n.
     A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  priory
     n.
     A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  priory
     n.
     A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  priory
     Englanti n.
     luostari

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/
  الدير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/ 
  приорат
  monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/ 
  převorství

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/
  Priorat 
   see: priories
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/ 
  luostari
  monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/
  manastir, samostan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/
  1. szerzetház
  2. perjel vezetése alatt álló kolostor

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/ 
  kloster, priorat
  monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  priory /ˈpraɪərɪ/ 
    klasztor

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  priory /pɹˈaɪəɹi/
  1. manastır.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɹaɪɝi/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 小修道院;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 小修道院

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