abbey

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.
2. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
3. A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
4. 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.
5. A British surname.
6. The church of a monastery.
7. Westminster Abbey.
   London
8. A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
   British, English
9. The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
   Scotland
10. A place name:
11. A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).
12. A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).
13. A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).
14. A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.
15. A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.

Equivalents

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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