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priory

[prahy-uh-ree] / ˈpraɪ ə ri /




NOUN
nunnery
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He also fronted quiz show A Question of Pop and Channel 4's The Priory, teaming up again with Ball.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

The Wombwell family, who have lived at the Priory for nearly 500 years, believe it was brought back to the Tudor house from London by his grieving daughter in 1660.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

At the time, Cromwell's daughter Mary was living at Newburgh Priory as the wife of the first Earl Fauconberg.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

Less than three weeks after he arrived, a psychiatrist at the Priory reviewed Calocane and decided he was well enough to be discharged into the care of his community mental health team.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

Malcolm’s other constituency lay just over the bridge outside the tavern, in the gray stone buildings set among green fields and neat orchards and kitchen gardens of the Priory of St. Rosamund.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman