Meaning of abbey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
2. 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.
3. The church of a monastery.
4. A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
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Examples

“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.”

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