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noun, plural -beys.
1.
a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.
2.
the group of buildings comprising such a monastery or convent.
3.
the church of an abbey.
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Abbey
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Example Sentences
- Abbey loved to play, so much so that her distraught owner gave her to a dog pound.
- Walk past trattorias and a solitary abbey to a rocky promontory with the sea always in full view and a clear sky overhead.
- These were destined for the altar of a magnificent stone abbey the settlers planned to build.
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Word Origin & History
abbey
mid-13c., "convent headed by an abbot or abbess," from Anglo-Fr. abbeie, from O.Fr. abaie, from L.L. abbatia, from abbas (gen. abbatis); see abbot.
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