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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alien Priory (An).
 
A priory which owes allegiance to another priory. A sub-priory, like Rufford Abbey, Notts, which was under the prior of Rievaulx in Yorkshire.   1
 


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