What is the difference between a monastery and an abbey? And between an abbot and a prior?

What is the difference between a monastery and an abbey? And between an abbot and a prior?
I have even read the term "priory" a few times. What's the differences?
Religion & Spirituality - 3 Answers - 2009-11-20 09:41:03

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monastery is where the monks lived I understand an abbey to be a church - like westminster abbey the prior is the 2IC after the abbot who is the head monk monks are in the monastery and priests are in the church This is what I understand those terms to mean - of course I could be wrong as I dont attend any church.

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well prior was darker and had more of a street wise sense of humor, Abbot always worked with a partner and was tall and skinny.
2009-11-20 09:46:29

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Some of these terms were synonymous, or at least used loosely over the years. However, in a full-blown mediaeval abbey, the Prior was second in authority after the Abbot.
2009-11-20 09:54:23

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monastery is where the monks lived I understand an abbey to be a church - like westminster abbey the prior is the 2IC after the abbot who is the head monk monks are in the monastery and priests are in the church This is what I understand those terms to mean - of course I could be wrong as I dont attend any church.
2009-11-20 09:54:55

I am wanting to know more about the "priory of scion"? Can anyone explain?

I am wanting to know more about the "priory of scion"? Can anyone explain?
I have heard so may different views I was curious to see what others respones may be. Thanks
Mythology & Folklore - 5 Answers - 2006-11-15 17:40:36

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Doesn't exist and is a hoax. (Let me guess you heard about it in the Fictional book "The Da Vinci Code")

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_vinci_code The priory of sion also described as a hoax. Has been suggested as being deliberately concocted to embarrass or force the church to release information that others claim would deny Christs deity and nullify the church and its belief system.It might also be a partial truth in regards to Mary's part in the basis of the christian religion and the denial of her or her true existence.For myself it romanticized her relationship and also made her involvement in history a love story between two entities or angelic beings in human form.Kind of like the Blue Lagoon.How do you turn a love story into a Deity without excluding these alleged facts like a government blacking out the details? Much of our history is based on conspiracies and half truths.Maybe Mary wrote her own gossip column back then.
2006-11-15 18:14:10

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it was a hoax invented by three french guys. the head guy had a total superiority complex and wanted to connect himself to the merovingian royalty. they hid fake documents in a church, people found them, thought they were real, and these guys played along with it. i think it was around 30 years ago that they admitted it was a hoax.
2006-11-15 19:02:43

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I don't know about the Priory of Scion, but I have watched a couple of history channel documentaries that told they have actually found bits and pieces of the actual "book of Mary". But even if the whole thing were true, I don't see the big deal.....
2006-11-15 23:40:25

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It is Zion, look it up.
2006-11-16 01:36:34

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Doesn't exist and is a hoax. (Let me guess you heard about it in the Fictional book "The Da Vinci Code")
2006-11-16 18:16:37

name 7 grand masters of the priory of sion in Dan Brown's book the da Vinci code? I think 6 are as follows:- Leonardo Da Vinci, Issac newton, Victor H

name 7 grand masters of the priory of sion in Dan Brown's book the da Vinci code?
I think 6 are as follows:- Leonardo Da Vinci, Issac newton, Victor Hugo, jacques Sauniere (fictional), Claude de Bussy & Jean Cocteau.
Books & Authors - 3 Answers - 2006-05-25 08:30:22

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The one you're missing is Nicolas Flamel. I found it in the same grid as Da Vinci. Good luck

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Jean de Gisors (1188-1220) Marie de Saint-Clair (1220-1266) Guillaume de Gisors (1266-1307) Edouard de Bar (1307-1336) Jeanne de Bar (1336-1351) Jean de Saint-Clair (1351-1366) Blanche d'Evreux (1366-1398) Nicolas Flamel (1398-1418) Rene d'Anjou (1418-1480) Yolanda of Bar (1480-1483) Sandro Filipepi (Botticelli) (1483-1510) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Connetable de Bourbon (Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier, Eighth Duke of Bourbon ) (1519-1527) Ferdinand de Gonzague (1527-1575) Louis de Nevers (1575-1595) Robert Fludd (1595-1637) Johann Valentin Andrea (1637-1654) Robert Boyle (1654-1691) Isaac Newton (1691-1727) Charles Radclyffe (1727-1746) Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1746-1780) Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (1780-1801) Charles Nodier (1801-1844) Victor Hugo (1844-1885) Claude Debussy (1885-1918) Jean Cocteau (1918-1963) Francois Ducaud-Bourget (1963-1981) Pierre Plantard (1981-1984)
2006-05-25 08:58:08

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You do realize that the Priory of Scion, as Dan Brown envisions it, was not a real organization. 3 men formed a group called the Priory of Scion in the 1950's, claiming that the founder was a descendant of early French kings (2 later admitted that they "joined" as a joke, but the founder seems to have believed his own press). The so-called original list of founders has never been seen by anyone else, only a typed copy.
2006-05-25 09:02:21

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The one you're missing is Nicolas Flamel. I found it in the same grid as Da Vinci. Good luck
2006-05-28 03:08:01

priory of sion, you know anything about it?

priory of sion, you know anything about it?
what do you know about it? is it true he's committed an adultery with mary magdelene?
Religion & Spirituality - 1 Answers - 2009-04-14 07:49:52

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This has been disproved thoroughly. This was a hoax set up in 1956 by Pierre Plantard. Look it up and your eyes will be opened.

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This has been disproved thoroughly. This was a hoax set up in 1956 by Pierre Plantard. Look it up and your eyes will be opened.
2009-04-14 09:06:20

If you work at a priory...?

If you work at a priory...?
What is your career and what is the career of others working at the Priory with you?
Other - Social Science - 1 Answers - 2008-06-25 13:56:53

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used to be sales but now theyre too far from home....not enough closeby

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used to be sales but now theyre too far from home....not enough closeby
2008-06-25 15:02:16

how much about priory of sion is true in the da vinci code?

how much about priory of sion is true in the da vinci code?

Books & Authors - 4 Answers - 2006-05-11 22:30:57

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Priory of the Sion is a story. I did massive research after I read DVC, and came to the conclusion that Brown has played quite a lot with the facts. The priory of sion theory was put forward in "HOLY BLOOD HOLY GRAIL" and which was highly criticised as untrue. You cud try reading Dan Burstein's "Secret of the code" for a good view on the issues in DVC.

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ahahaha. no one knows. but i can't wait for the movie.
2006-05-11 22:31:33

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Priory of the Sion is a story. I did massive research after I read DVC, and came to the conclusion that Brown has played quite a lot with the facts. The priory of sion theory was put forward in "HOLY BLOOD HOLY GRAIL" and which was highly criticised as untrue. You cud try reading Dan Burstein's "Secret of the code" for a good view on the issues in DVC.
2006-05-11 22:44:18

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Everything. The Priory is hunting down and killing everyone who has read the book so their secret stays safe. You could be next.
2006-05-11 23:33:33

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I really don't think that the events depicted in the Code should be considered true. Brown stretches true facts, mixes in fiction and makes a very good book, but a FICTION book none the less.
2006-05-12 00:44:30

what are the second, third, and fourth leading members of the priory of sion called?

what are the second, third, and fourth leading members of the priory of sion called?

Mythology & Folklore - 1 Answers - 2006-04-21 16:53:45

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The sènèchaux

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The sènèchaux
2006-04-24 07:43:25