How to Use priory in a Sentence

priory

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Charlotte agrees to lead an art workshop at the priory if Graham will escort her to holiday locations around London for her new illustration job.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • After Robin Hood ends up at an island priory overseen by the healer Sister Brigid (Comer), the pace slows down, a welcome change.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Over the next decade, excavations at the site unearthed dozens of graves containing ornate artifacts and human remains, including the bodies of clergy members and wealthy donors to the medieval priory.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The sad fate of the EV-1, the EV that GM birthed and then killed, is a potent reminder of this rustbelt warrior’s ultimate priories.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nearby Cincinnati, where Vance was confirmed at a Dominican priory, is a case in point and a window into Catholicism’s history in the American heartland.
    — Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • This great disparity between reality and story, truth and history, takes on new dimensions when Robin clandestinely takes refuge at an island priory where Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer) tends to his wounds.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • 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
  • Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026

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