Definition of Priories

1. Noun. (plural of priory) ¹

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Definition of Priories

1. priory [n] - See also: priory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Priories

prion
prion protein
prionaemia
prionic
prions
prior
prior(a)
prior art
prior knowledge
prior probability
prior to
priorate
priorates
prioress
prioresses
priories (current term)
priorities
prioritisation
prioritisations
prioritise
prioritised
prioritises
prioritising
prioritizable
prioritization
prioritizations
prioritize
prioritized
prioritizer
prioritizers

Literary usage of Priories

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Now, both these kinds of priories peaceably enjoyed their possessions here, even after the revolt of those principalities from the crown of England; ..."

2. The University of Cambridge by James Bass Mullinger (1873)
"'These priories/ says Gough, 'w< cells of the religious houses in England ... These alii. priories were most of tbem founded by such as had forei^ abbeys ..."

3. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1901)
"Confiscation of the Alien priories (1414. French original, 4 RP 22, No. 21. Translation by Editors. 3 Stubbs, 84.) ITEM, the commons pray that in case final ..."

4. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"Confiscation of the Alien priories (1414. French original, 4 /". P. 22, No. 21. Translation by Editors. 3 Stubbs, 84.) ITEM, the commons pray that in case ..."

5. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by Henry Morse Stephens, Great Britain (1901)
"Confiscation of the Alien priories (1414. French original, 4 J?. P. 22, No. 21. Translation by Editors. 3 Stubbs, 84.) ITEM, the commons pray that in case ..."

6. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1872)
"E. VENABLES, Precentor of Lincoln.1 THE Alien priories of England, during the three or four centuries of their existence, were a standing, and at times, ..."

7. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries: An Attempt to Illustrate the History by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1889)
"They mostly relate to religious houses known as " alien priories," and the action ... Alien priories were almost entirely the result of the Norman Conquest. ..."

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