priories
Monks' smaller communities
Priories is the plural of priory, a religious house governed by a prior or prioress—ranking below an abbey in the monastic hierarchy.
Medieval Europe was dotted with priories, smaller communities of monks or nuns following a monastic rule: The ruins of ancient priories still attract visitors to the English countryside.
Monastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- nunneryMonastery for women
- friaryMendicant monks' residence
monastery · hermitage · refectory · dormitory · chapterhouse · scriptorium · infirmary · cell
Formal worship structure
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- complineDay's final liturgy
- massQuantity of matter
prayer · worship · clergy · prioress · monks · nuns · canons · vows
Church's main interior
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
- sacristyChurch storage and preparation room
- vestryChurch robing chamber
choir · sanctuary · chapel · altar · cloister · bell tower · gatehouse · precinct
State of being alone
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
quietude · repose · contemplation · serenity · withdrawal · privacy · cloistered · secluded
Land-for-service social structure
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- lordsMen of high rank
- knightsTitled warriors on horseback
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
pilgrimage · tithe · land grants · patronage · nobility · charter · endowment · benefactor
abbey
Monastic house of worship
friary · monastery · hermitage · refectory · dormitory · chapterhouse · scriptorium · infirmary · cell · enclosure
liturgy
Formal worship structure
mass · prayer · worship · clergy · prioress · monks · nuns · canons · vows · habit
nave
Church's main interior
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- transeptChurch's lateral wing
- sacristyChurch storage and preparation room
vestry · choir · sanctuary · chapel · altar · cloister · bell tower · gatehouse · precinct · stone walls
solitude
State of being alone
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
sanctuary · quietude · repose · contemplation · serenity · withdrawal · privacy · cloistered · secluded · remote
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
crusades · pilgrimage · tithe · land grants · patronage · nobility · charter · endowment · benefactor · peasants
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- churchesBaptist church, Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Baptist churches, Lutheran Church
- heritage sitesWorld Heritage Site, historic landmarks, Machu Picchu, monument, cultural landmarks
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
prioriesabbeys
Monastic community buildings
granges · hermitages · monasteries · cells
prioriesmanor houses
Grand rural aristocratic residences
castles · palaces · civic buildings · courthouses · market halls
- top priorityMost important item
- high priorityRequiring prompt action
- low priorityNot requiring immediate attention
- priority listItems ranked by urgency
- first priorityMost urgent matter
- number one priority
priority, prioritize, prioritized, prioritizing, prioritization