abbey

Speech parts

1. abbey - Noun

2. Abbey - Proper noun

Meaning

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

The church of a monastery.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nunnery priory cloister monastery convent minster cathedral kirk archbishop abbe hermitage church house ministry chapel
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Antonyms

secular public place

Hypernyms

church monastery convent church building

Related terms

archabbey archabbot abbeystead

Phrases with the word

Abbey Dore Byland Abbey Holme Abbey Pluscarden Abbey downtown abbey abbey-church

Derivatives

abbeys

Anagrams

bebay

Examples

On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey. Karl Philipp Moritz

In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Our little drawing Room [Constable's lodgings at Hamptstead with a view on London] commands a view unequalled in Europe - from Westminster Abbey to Gravesend - the dome of St Paul's in the Air - realizes Michael Angelo's Idea on seeing that of the Pantheon - 'I will build such a thing in the Sky. John Constable

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey. Horatio Nelson

Neither the baskets of the farmer nor the baskets of the abbey. Sicilian Proverb

The abbey does not fail for want on one monk. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Abbeville County Abbevillean Abbevillian abbey counter Abbey Dore Abbey Gate