Priory vs. Friary

Difference Between Priory and Friary
Priory➦
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of monks or nuns (as with the Benedictines).
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Friary➦
A monastery of friars.
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Priory➦
A monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
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Friary➦
house or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
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Priory➦
A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
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Friary➦
Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.
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Priory➦
A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; - sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
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Friary➦
Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
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Priory➦
religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
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Friary➦
A monastery; a convent of friars.
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Friary➦
The institution or practices of friars.
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Friary➦
a monastery of friars
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