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PRIORY

Monastery of men or women governed by a prior or prioress. A conventual priory or prioress. A conventual priory is autonomous, while one dependent upon an abbey or mother house is an obedientiary priory. In England monasteries attached to cathedral churches are termed cathedral priories.