Priory /(?)/

Pri·o·ry

Priory

n.

pl. Priories

  1. A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.

Phrases & Compounds
Alien priory
a small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.