priory

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

And while visitors have always been attracted to Cartmel for its 800-year-old priory, its racecourse and its famous dessert, people living here have seen a shift from seasonal influx to year-round flow.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

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

Mark is one of the owners of Brinkburn Northumberland, a 12th Century manor house and priory which offers holiday lets and hosts weddings near Longframlington in Northumberland.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2022

They set off around the wall of the priory, away from the bridge, towards the garden where Lord Asriel had walked up and down with his daughter in the moonlight.

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

The early Christian antiquities include churches and priories and the oratories or small chapels, frequently associated with a Baptistery or holy well.

From The Story of the Toys by Mary Harris Toy Dodge