priory
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Enthralled by Burbage’s big talk, John Brayne sold his house, let his business slide and coughed up the money needed to begin construction amid the ruins of a medieval priory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
It was not until August 2019, at the age of 35, that he formally converted to Catholicism at a Dominican priory in Cincinnati.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
The ruins of a priory, with its dramatic rainbow arch, still stand, as does a Tudor castle whose imposing silhouette dominates the landscape.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
They returned this month and have uncovered the remains of several buildings beneath the ruin, including what may have been a medieval priory.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2021
If they were to miss the priory, they would never be able to work their way back against the power of the water.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
And Alison is the kind of plucky heroine who teases her lover about his research: “Lost treasures, haunted priories, secret maps? I think I saw that movie once.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Throughout the show, Downey weaves in reflections on his life, family and shifting priories in recent years, specifically as they relate to the future of the planet.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
The tax agreement has been one of Ms. Yellen’s top priories as Treasury secretary.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2022
His companions were genuine lay brothers, able to lead him through the marshes and waterways to isolated hermitages and priories, where he would be able to plan his next moves.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2020
From the river on the south to the river on the north Angers lay ringed in by a belt of priories and churches and abbeys.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
