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单词 priory
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The quarter-hour it took Joanna to reach the priory was the most terrifying time of her life.And then she turned, began to walk away from the priory, under the leafy, rustling clouds of autumn oak and dappled elm.It's been decided luncheon will taste much better in the ruins of the old priory.

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British English: priory NOUN
A priory is a place where a small group of monks live and work together.
  • American English: priory
  • Brazilian Portuguese: priorado
  • Chinese: 小修道院
  • European Spanish: priorato
  • French: prieuré
  • German: Kloster
  • Italian: monastero
  • Japanese: 修道院
  • Korean: 수도원
  • European Portuguese: priorado
  • Latin American Spanish: priorato

(noun) 
Definition
a religious house where certain orders of monks or nuns live
Lindisfarne priory on Holy Island
Synonyms
monastery
He spent a year in a Buddhist monastery.
abbey
a memorial service at Westminster Abbey
convent
She entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 21.
cloister
nunnery
In monasteries and nunneries, prayers are being offered for him.
religious house

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abbey
Definition
a building inhabited by monks or nuns
a memorial service at Westminster Abbey
Synonyms
monastery,
convent,
priory,
cloister,
nunnery,
friary
in the sense of convent
Definition
a community of nuns
She entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 21.
Synonyms
nunnery,
religious community,
religious house
in the sense of nunnery
Definition
a convent
In monasteries and nunneries, prayers are being offered for him.
Synonyms
convent,
house,
abbey,
monastery,
cloister

Nearby words of
priory

  • prior
  • prior to
  • priority
  • priory
  • prise
  • prison
  • prisoner

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