alien priory

noun

A small religious establishment under the control of a larger monastery in another country.

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Meanings

nounalien priory (plural alien priories)

plural alien priories

  1. historicalChristianityA small religious establishment under the control of a larger monastery in another country.

    The Plantagenet Kings[…]boldly seized the revenues of these Alien Priories in time of war between England and France.

    1897, Edward Hungerford Goddard, The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine
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    Velemont, a Benedictine abbey, founded in 1169. Annual income ten thouſand livres. At Stratfield-Say, in Berkſhire, was an alien priory belonging to this abbey.

    1779, The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
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