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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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For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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But early construction revealed a network of tunnels that were part of an ancient monastery complex.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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For a more country experience, there is the historic abbey, San Pietro in Valle, located between Spoleto and the Marmore Falls.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Situating them in a real abbey, Rabelais marshaled them as evidence of hypocrisy.Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Priory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priory. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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