It is doubtful if Hugh heard these pungent and practical remarks, for ere Dick had finished speaking them, he was off his horse, and hammering at the Preceptory door.
When they had gone the priest celebrated a short mass, but two or three prayers and a blessing, which done, all of them returned to the Preceptory as they had come.
All I ask of you is that you will cause this letter to be delivered safely to the lady Eve Clavering, who lies in sanctuary at the Preceptory of St. Mary and St. John.
Hugh looked at it carelessly and answered: "Why, of the Preceptory at Dunwich.
Sir John rode to thePreceptory and hammered fiercely on its oaken door.
To take sanctuary at the Preceptory and raise my kin.
He thrust the pair of them through the kitchen door and, returning, led Hugh and Grey Dick up a broad oak stair to what had been the guest-hall of the Preceptory on its first floor.
Bernard Baliol, through love of God and for the good of his soul, granted them his estate of Wedelee, in Hertfordshire, which afterwards formed part of the preceptory of Temple Dynnesley.
Hurst and Wyxham in Yorkshire, afterwards formed into the preceptory of Temple Hurst.
But the great seal hath a power preceptoryto the person, which power extendeth to any place, where the person may be found, &c.
Mounted upon a mule, the gift of the Outlaw, with two tall yeomen to act as his guard and guides, the Jew had set out for the Preceptory of Templestowe, for the purpose of negotiating his daughter's redemption.
Marriage were an enduring crime on the part of a Templar; but what lesser folly I may practise, I shall speedily be absolved from at the next Preceptory of our Order.
A crowd of inferior personages belonging to the Preceptory followed the victim, all moving with the utmost order, with arms folded, and looks bent upon the ground.
And shall that power be denied to the Grand Master of the Temple within a preceptory of his Order?
The next Preceptory would grant thee absolution for an oath, the keeping of which concerned nought but the honour or the dishonour of a miserable Jewish maiden.
The other was the Rabbi Ben Samuel; and both had approached as near to the Preceptory as they dared, on hearing that the Grand Master had summoned a chapter for the trial of a sorceress.
Thou wilt find him, as our scouts have brought notice, at the next Preceptory house of his Order.
Isaac accordingly bade his friend farewell, and about an hour's riding brought him before the Preceptory of Templestowe.
Be the hawks where they will, methinks the walls of the Preceptory of Templestowe will be cover sufficient, and thither will I, like heron to her haunt.
The preceptory of Hospitallers at Chibburn, Northumberland, which remains almost as the knights left it, is another example of these small rural houses.
This is the case also with the chapel of the preceptory of Chobham, Northumberland, of the Coyston Almshouses at Leicester (Parker's "Dom.
In the reign of King John, Alexander de St. Helena founded a preceptory for Knights Templars near it, the ruins of which stand yet in forlorn and solitary grandeur beside the little river.
After wandering about for some time, the poor lady built a little hut of brambles on the shore of the Clydagh, near the spot where stand the ruins of the preceptory of Mourne, or Ballinamona, as it is sometimes called.
Whether it was the wind, or the excitement of golf, or of the researches in the preceptory that kept Parkins awake, he was not sure.
He must, he quite rightly concluded, be on the site of the preceptory he had promised to look at.
The Professor rather sniffed at the idea that planning out a preceptory could be described as useful.
In 1329 there were still nine Templars receiving pensions allotted on the Preceptory of Mas Deu, though most of them had retired to their houses, for they do not appear to have been restricted as to their place of residence.
That great military order was however suppressed in the time of Edward II and the preceptory dissolved (cir.
We have already mentioned Bisham as an abbey of the Austin Canons, founded in 1338, but it had previously been a preceptory of the Knights Templars.
The Templars also had a preceptory at Brimpton which passed into the possession of the other great military order of monks, the Knights Hospitallers.
Red Lion, stands on the site of the preceptory of the Knights Templars, founded by Bernard de Baliol in the reign of Stephen.
Bernard de Baliol, founder of the Preceptory of Knights Templars at Temple Dinsley (3 miles S.
In like manner every preceptory and every large house of the order had its chapter, at which all the brethren were required to attend.
Near here, at Mynchin Buckland, there used to be a Preceptory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, to which was attached a priory of women belonging to the same order.
The Templars had a preceptoryat Templecombe, and the Knights of St John had establishments at Bridgwater and Mynchin Buckland (near Durston).
Lazarus and Mary of Jerusalem, from the locality of their original establishment, and from their central preceptory being near Jerusalem.
One of the last retreats of the denounced religion in its adversity, was the preceptory of St. Anthony, in Leith.
These belonged to the preceptory of St. Anthony, which stood at the upper or western end of the long, tortuous street, called the Kirkgate.
While he spoke the royal standard of England was seen to float over the towers of the preceptory instead of the Temple banner; and before long the followers of the king were in complete possession of the entire castle.
Meanwhile, the tiltyard of the Preceptory of Templestowe was prepared for the combat which should decide the life or death of Rebecca.
The Teutonic Knights received considerable possessions, and a preceptory was founded in Achaia.
The knights were, however, finally confirmed in possession of the monastery, and it became the preceptory or chief house of the order in Sicily, where other property was gradually bestowed upon the knights.
The Preceptory of Torphichen, in West Lothian, was their first, and continued to be their chief residence, and by the accession of the Temple lands and other additions, their property at the time of the Reformation came to be immense.
Small village; church not interesting; remains of preceptory of Knights Templars.
Sandford Church is not interesting, but there are remains of a preceptory of Knights Templars at the farm by the brook a little to the north-west.
At this assembly, which was most probably held in thepreceptory of the Templars, various meritorious individuals were rewarded for their patriotic exertions in the cause of independence.
It is by a succession of steeply rising and falling, winding and narrow country lanes that the Preceptory of the Knights Templars of St. John of Jerusalem, near Swingfield Minnis, is reached.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preceptory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
