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Additional accommodations on the property include a former chapel that’s been transformed into a cottage, which harks back to the building’s early days as a Benedictine priory.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
When the Leominster stool was moved to its new position in the priory in 2004, locals held a service of penitence.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
Hotels are equally swoon-worthy, such as the deeply romantic Hotel Fontevraud, the former priory in the historic monument of Fontevraud Royal Abbey, which dates to the 12th century.
—Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022
Much of the monk's writing concerned the priory's day-to-day operations—including a detailed account of rebuilding the cathedral's choir after a fire in 1174—as well as disputes with neighboring houses and an Archbishop of Canterbury.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
When the Leominster stool was moved to its new position in the priory in 2004, locals held a service of penitence.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
Hotels are equally swoon-worthy, such as the deeply romantic Hotel Fontevraud, the former priory in the historic monument of Fontevraud Royal Abbey, which dates to the 12th century.
—Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022
Much of the monk's writing concerned the priory's day-to-day operations—including a detailed account of rebuilding the cathedral's choir after a fire in 1174—as well as disputes with neighboring houses and an Archbishop of Canterbury.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priory
Noun
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Although the French suppressed, or dissolved, the monastery in 1803, its volumes were preserved.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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The little yellow ashram has a small meditation garden, a Hindu seminary and a residential monastery.—
Kira Wakeam,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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The original Poe short story follows a prince who attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Priory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priory. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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