priory (A religious house under a prior or prioress)

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• priory — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English priorie, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin prioria, from prior Date: 13th century a religious house under a prior or prioress …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Priory — For other uses, see Priory (disambiguation). The Priory de Graville, France A priory is a house 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… …   Wikipedia

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• Third Orders — • Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Third Orders      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• A priori — may refer to: * A priori (languages), a type of constructed language * A priori (statistics), a knowledge of the actual population * A priori and a posteriori (philosophy), used to distinguish two types of propositional knowledge *Apriori… …   Wikipedia

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• Leavenworth — • Suffragan to St. Louis, established, 22 May, 1877 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Leavenworth     Leavenworth     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• St. Hugh the Great —     St. Hugh the Great     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Hugh the Great     Abbot of Cluny, born at Semur (Brionnais in the Diocese of Autun, 1024; died at Cluny, 28 April, 1109.     HIS EARLY LIFE     The eldest son of Count Dalmatius of Semur… …   Catholic encyclopedia