Abbey
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An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and hous
The cloister of Sénanque Abbey, Provence
Church of the former Bath Abbey, Somerset
An interior of the Bridgettine's Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland
Abbey of St Catherine, Mount Sinai
Priory
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A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They are found in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and Anglican Communion. Priories may be mo
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…and the dwelling of the keeper. Nearby was the kitchen garden which complemented the physic garden and a cemetery orchard. Every large monastery had priories. A priory was a smaller structure or entities which depended on the monastery. Some were small monasteries accommodating five or ten monks. Others were…
The Priory de Graville, France
Priory of St. Wigbert, an Evangelical-Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition (Germany)