abbey
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈæbi/
:
abadía
- "And it's one of the best preserved abbeys in the country," Bill Miller had pointed out.
- abbot of the abbey
- abbey church
- monks of the abbey
Now Mark Kane was a student in New Battle Abbey College.
- Now Mark Kane was a student in New Battle Abbey College.
- He wants to become a monk of, of Saint Leibowitz or of, of, of Leibowitz Abbey.
- It's very much a hero's end, with his arms and armour on display for visitors to the Abbey.
Examples
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The monks gather every evening to pray in the abbey chapel.
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And it was a three mile March from Westminster Abbey to Windsor Castle, also known as the Long Walk.
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Somewhere there must be an abbey where all the records are kept.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now Mark Kane was a student in New Battle Abbey College.
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I'll take them to the abbey tomorrow and tell the monks what happened.
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I was going to go through the accounts of Roche Abbey.
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Children's hour at the abbey.
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I have requested the abbey's records be brought to you in the library.
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They learned that beneath their remote abbey was a terrible secret.
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We visited the ancient abbey where crisp light allowed for pictures of weathered stonework.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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6.0
A building where monks live, work, and pray together
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5.6
A building where nuns live and pray together
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8.1
A building where religious women live and work
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9.9
A building where monks or nuns live and pray
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9.1
A place where monks or nuns live away from the rest of the world
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9.3
A building where religious men called friars live and work
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8.1
The main house of a religious group where leaders live and run its work
A place where people live apart to focus on religion, like a monastery or convent
Compounds
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3.4
A large, famous church in London where kings and queens are crowned and important people are buried
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abbey comes from the word abba, a word for 'father' that people used for church leaders and which became abbot. So an abbey is the house or group of buildings where the abbot ('father') and monks or nuns live, which is why it means a large religious building.