Not all monastic churches were cruciform. The larger churches were cruciform, regardless of whether they were monastic or not, and the smaller ones were in simple rectangular shapes, regardless of whether they were monastic or not.
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"Paruchiae" roughly translates to "parish" and was used in the Early Irish Church to describe the early church communities for the laity, as opposed to churches for the monastic communities.
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A Prior is a Monastic superior lower in rank to an Abbot
Saint Benedict
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