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A residence for guests, usually part of a religious house.

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Term Note
ABBEY The buildings of a monastic community presided over by an abbot or abbess.
FRIARY A religious house occupied by men of mendicant religious orders (friars).
MONASTERY A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of men living in seclusion under religious vows.
NUNNERY A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of women, such as nuns or canonesses, living in seclusion under religious vows.
PRIORY A lesser monastery headed by a prior, often linked to a cathedral or dependent on a mother house.

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