| 词汇 | priory |
| 释义 | priory noun[ C ] uk /ˈpraɪ.ə.ri/ us /ˈpraɪ.ə.ri/ a building where monks or nuns live, work, and pray小隐修院;小修道院 Religious buildings & places abbey abbey church ashram caliphate cathedral Delphic friary gurdwara hermitage holy city meeting house minster monastery mosque nunnery stupa synagogue tabernacle United Church of Canada vicarage You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious people: monks & nuns Examples of priorypriory Some of the additional sources of income earned by these priory servants can be identified. The scope of this diversity is clearly shown in the type of work undertaken by these individuals for the priory. The appointment of monastic bishops had long been an aim of priory chapters, although they had rarely succeeded. All possible eventualities, including the bishop's absence from the country and a lack of suitable candidates from within the priory, were accounted for. Practical affairs are often mentioned, including loans and their repayment, marriage, burial rights, alien priories, transfers from one religious house to another, buildings and gifts. The first three houses were abbeys, the last a priory. On other occasions, a regular employee, acting in the capacity of contractor for the priory, recruited casual labourers as and when necessary. The close links with the government can be seen in the types of people recruited to the cathedral priory. These doubts are all related to the larger question whether the degree of occupational flexibility undermines the notion of a career structure for priory employees. Given the number of employees in these work teams, this was clearly the normal work experience for an employee of the priory. As already noted, tithe-collectors in the various priory vills were usually regular officials who were paid expenses for the extra seasonal work. This permits the investigation of a number of basic questions pertaining to the characteristics of employment on the priory estates. Gubion and his colleagues were uncharacteristic of the priory's employees to the extent that they were employed so many times. Meanwhile, most priory employees were wageearners, though modes of payment varied. However, one theme that emerges from these acta is the often acrimonious relationship between the bishop and the cathedral priory. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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