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Priory
A
priory
is a
monastery
of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a
prior
or prioress. Priories may be houses of
mendicant
friars
or religious sisters (as the
Dominicans
,
Augustinians
,
Franciscans
, and
Carmelites
, for instance), or
monasteries
of
monks
or
nuns
(as the
Benedictines
). Houses of
canons regular and canonesses regular
also use this term, the alternative being "canonry".
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