Priory vs. Friary — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Priory and Friary
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Definitions
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).
Friary➦
A monastery of friars.
Priory➦
A monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
Friary➦
House or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
Priory➦
A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
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.
Friary➦
Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
Priory➦
Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
Friary➦
A monastery; a convent of friars.
Friary➦
The institution or practices of friars.
Friary➦
A monastery of friars
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