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Over the next decade, excavations at the site unearthed dozens of graves containing ornate artifacts and human remains, including the bodies of clergy members and wealthy donors to the medieval priory.
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
His restaurant, near the medieval priory in Cartmel, opened just across from the bakery that claimed to have invented sticky toffee pudding.
—Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2022
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.
—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
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Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
His restaurant, near the medieval priory in Cartmel, opened just across from the bakery that claimed to have invented sticky toffee pudding.
—Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2022
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priory
Noun
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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It was also felt in neighboring countries, including Thailand. March 28, 2025 At a Buddhist monastery in Pindaya, about 70 miles from the epicenter, women wailed as the spire atop a century-old golden dome called a stupa toppled over, one of several that were damaged there.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The wide open space of the glorious Sistine Chapel, wonderful ornate cloisters and marble staircases needed a flip side to them.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The TikTok post then pivots to Kate's curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during her wedding to Prince William in April 2011, again at the abbey followed by Kate and Meghan curtsying to the queen at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 2018.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Andre sourced a 330-year-old stone fireplace from France, which was originally from an abbey that was destroyed during the war.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Priory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priory. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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