abbey

/ˈæb.i/

name 5noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

many, most, nearby, turned

VERB + ABBEY

arrived, buried, like, places, ruin, ruins, selling

ABBEY + NOUN

ivy, london, overrun, rievaulx, road

PREP.

in, in, into, with

ADV.

once

Definitions

noun

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.

Near-synonym: convent

From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.

The church of a monastery.

A residence that was previously an abbatial building.

name

A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.

A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.

A British surname.

Westminster Abbey.

The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.

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Near-synonym: convent

Wiktionary

From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.

Wiktionary

For many years, the abbey was turned into a fortress, happily joining in itself martial and religious architecture.

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An abbey once stood here.

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Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill.

Tatoeba · #5681901

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