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Recent Examples of priory
Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
This great disparity between reality and story, truth and history, takes on new dimensions when Robin clandestinely takes refuge at an island priory where Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer) tends to his wounds.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Nearby Cincinnati, where Vance was confirmed at a Dominican priory, is a case in point and a window into Catholicism’s history in the American heartland.
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Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
The sad fate of the EV-1, the EV that GM birthed and then killed, is a potent reminder of this rustbelt warrior’s ultimate priories.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2016
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
This great disparity between reality and story, truth and history, takes on new dimensions when Robin clandestinely takes refuge at an island priory where Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer) tends to his wounds.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Nearby Cincinnati, where Vance was confirmed at a Dominican priory, is a case in point and a window into Catholicism’s history in the American heartland.
—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
The sad fate of the EV-1, the EV that GM birthed and then killed, is a potent reminder of this rustbelt warrior’s ultimate priories.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priory
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The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
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Smoke and fire rise from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a Russian missile strike this month.
Noun
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The cathedral, its peaceful cloister, and its ornate crypt are also worth a visit.
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In Rome, Le Graal will open the city’s first private members’ club of its kind inside Palazzo Medici Clarelli on the historic Via Giulia, with 11 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a cloister lounge, American bar, speakeasy, cigar room, wine cellar, gym, and treatment rooms.
Noun
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To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.
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Unfortunately, the abbey fell into a state of disrepair for many years until Philippe Pascal and his family acquired the property in 2004 and upgraded not just the estate but the entire region’s standing.
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“Priory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priory. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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