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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
priory/ˈprʌɪəri/

▶noun (pl. priories) a monastery or nunnery governed by a prior or prioress.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. priorie, med. L. prioria, from L. prior (see prior2).

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