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

Fitzwalter revealed his true identity and gave his land to the priory on the condition a flitch should be awarded to any couple who could claim they were similarly devoted.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024

A wax seal stamp is to go on display at the site of a medieval priory where it is thought to have been used to sell religious pardons.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023

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 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

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

Gov. Sam Brownback has made water one of his top priories since taking office with his staff developing a plan to sustain the state’s water resources.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2017

We did not want alien priories in England.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton