plural of priory

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

(logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

(logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. / Self-evident, intuitively obvious. / Presumed without analysis.

plural of alien priory

A small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.

(archaic, British slang, idiomatic) Synonym of King's Bench Prison