abbey English

Meaning abbey meaning

What does abbey mean?

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abbey Noun

— An abbey is a building where monks or nuns live, or used to live. After working in the fields, the monks went back to the abbey.

— An abbey is a church which was once part of an abbey. Westminster Abbey is a famous church in England.

abbey

— noun a church associated with a monastery or convent

— noun a monastery ruled by an abbot

— noun a convent ruled by an abbess

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monastery

convent

cloister

nunnery

priory

friary

abbacy

temple

religious community

monk’s cell

cathedral

abbotship

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Topics abbey topics

What do people use abbey to talk about?

Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building

• What kinds of buildings are used in religion?
  church synagogue mosque temple shrine cathedral monastery convent cloister nunnery abbey chapel parsonage sanctuary basilica pagoda tabernacle

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Simple sentences

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

Movie subtitles

A bottle of Sav and I'm bingeing my way through the box set of Downton Abbey.

In the abbey's archives.

And now, if you're not too fatigued, I would like to discuss. the lease on Carfax Abbey.

I have just leased Carfax Abbey.

Count Dracula's just taken Carfax Abbey.

The abbey could be very attractive, but I should imagine. it would need quite extensive repairs.

The abbey always reminds me of that old toast. about lofty timbers.

Well, Countess, I'll leave you to your count and his ruined abbey.

And that three boxes of earth were delivered to him at Carfax Abbey.

And I will have Carfax Abbey torn down stone by stone, excavated a mile around.

What's he doing at the abbey?

And now, if you're feeling refreshed. I would like to talk about the lease of Carfax Abbey.

I have just rented Carfax Abbey.

Count Dracula has just rented Carfax Abbey.

And now, if you're not too fatigued, I would like to discuss the lease on Carfax Abbey.

The Abbey could be very attractive, but I should imagine it would need quite extensive repairs.

Well, Countess, I'll leave you to your Count and his ruined abbey.

What's he doing at the Abbey?

I leave you with your count and his crumbling abbey.

Dr. Seward and his famous scholar are in the abbey chasing vampires.

Let's go to the abbey.

Take the lady to the Abbey of the Black Canons.. sotomorrowthebishop can give her escort the rest of the way.

We can't reach the abbey tonight.

I should like to stay, but I recollected some urgent affairs at my abbey.

How long will you retain your abbey if Richard survives to find out.. what you've been up to these years he's been away?

Return to your abbey and make preparations to proclaim me king.

If the Bishop of the Black Canons is performing the ceremony tomorrow.. supposewevisithim at his abbey tonight.

It's 450 m from here. You can see it from the village and the castle. On a clear hill there remains the ruins of a medieval abbey-church.

I'm back from the abbey.

You know Rochefond Abbey?

Only in the abbey do we have rules about postulants singing.

When we enter the abbey, our worldly clothes go to the poor.

Something you learned at the abbey?

She said she missed her life at the abbey.

Maria, our abbey is not to be used as an escape.

News and current affairs

But, over the last decade, major European banks have acquired foreign banks through such mergers as the acquisition by Spain's Banco Santander of the UK's Abbey National, Italy's UniCredito of Austria's Hypovereinsbank and Holland's ABN-AMRO.