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A-Z: General definitions: Priory
Definition
A religious house overseen by a prior or prioress.
In an abbey, the second in command after the abbot. In a religious house that was not an abbey (e.g. a priory), the person in charge.
Female prior. That is, in an abbey, the second in command after the abbess. In a religious house that was not an abbey (e.g. in a priory), the person in charge.
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