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Recent Examples of prioryOver 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 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for priory
Then one day, Moses the Black is struck with the horror of it all and joins a desert monastery, where he's eventually killed by another group of bandits.
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Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Which explains why Lochlan is keen to stay in the monastery’s insulating cocoon.
Using the abbey as an observation post with gun emplacements near its foundation and in the surrounding cliffs, the Germans command the narrow mountain passes of Route 6—the road to Rome.
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