How to Use priory in a Sentence

priory

noun
  • At the foot of the cathedral, Hotellerie Saint Yves offers spic-and-span rooms on the site of an old priory (budget, www.maison-st-yves.com).
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
  • Malcolm led the way around the back of the priory and came to the side where the window of Lyra’s nursery would be, if it hadn’t been hidden by the new shutters.
    — Philip Pullman, Slate Magazine, 26 May 2017
  • Bessie was sent away to a priory in Essex to give birth, an event so secret no one is even certain of the boy’s real birth date.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • When the Leominster stool was moved to its new position in the priory in 2004, locals held a service of penitence.
    — Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
  • The museum is based in a medieval priory founded by the Cluniac order of monks in the 13th century.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The museum is based in a medieval priory founded by the Cluniac order of monks in the 13th century.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2017
  • His restaurant, near the medieval priory in Cartmel, opened just across from the bakery that claimed to have invented sticky toffee pudding.
    — Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Serving customers and doing odd jobs for the nuns at the priory across the road has put Malcolm in a special position to notice growing disquiet in the adult world.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
  • In between helping out at his dad’s pub and riding the city’s canals in the beloved canoe that gives the book its title, Malcolm is introduced to a baby, Lyra, who is being looked after by an order of nuns at a nearby priory.
    — Dan Stewart, Time, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But the process has been continually delayed, as Trump and congressional Republicans have struggled to push through other top priories such as health care and tax reform.
    — Wade Payson-Denney, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • Much of the monk's writing concerned the priory's day-to-day operations—including a detailed account of rebuilding the cathedral's choir after a fire in 1174—as well as disputes with neighboring houses and an Archbishop of Canterbury.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Additional accommodations on the property include a former chapel that’s been transformed into a cottage, which harks back to the building’s early days as a Benedictine priory.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2022

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