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| | Priory |
 | | An alien priory is a priory which is dependent on a foreign mother house, and an alien priory cell was a residence of two or three monks dependent on a foreign mother house but sent to exploit a distant estate. |
 | | Strictly speaking a priory is a secondary house created by an existing abbey, but this distinction fell out of use in late mediaeval times. |
 | | "Priory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apriori, Arinori, briory, phior, Pirro, preopria, preord, preori, pribor, priore, priorie, priorty, prioty, pripria, proir, proiri, prysor. |
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