A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church . Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines , the Cistercians , or the Charterhouses ). Houses of canons & canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being "canonry". Mendicant houses, of friars , nuns, or tertiary sisters (such as the Friars Preachers , Augustinian Hermits , and Carmelites ) also exclusively use this term.
3-490: Thoby Priory was a priory in Essex , England . It was first noted as existing during the term of Robert de Sigello as Ginges; it was later named Gingestobye after its prior and then Thoby. It was dissolved on 15 February 1525 by John Alen. 51°39′48″N 0°21′02″E / 51.663381°N 0.3506°E / 51.663381; 0.3506 ( Thoby Priory ) This article about an Essex building or structure
6-399: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a British Christian monastery, abbey, priory or other religious house is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Priory In pre-Reformation England , if an abbey church was raised to cathedral status, the abbey became a cathedral priory. The bishop , in effect, took the place of the abbot, and
9-637: The monastery itself was headed by a prior. Priories first came to existence as subsidiaries to the Abbey of Cluny . Many new houses were formed that were all subservient to the abbey of Cluny and called Priories. As such, the priory came to represent the Benedictine ideals espoused by the Cluniac reforms as smaller, lesser houses of Benedictines of Cluny. There were likewise many conventual priories in Germany and Italy during
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