abbeys
Meaning
of Abbey
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
A number of nearby abbeys were also closed, which led to a further diminution of the region's political power.
Erlande-Brandenburg, p 28 The Cistercians acquired a reputation in the difficult task of administering the building sites for abbeys and cathedrals.
At the time, Henry had been seizing church lands from abbeys and monasteries.
At the time, it was the 38th Cistercian monastery founded but, due to the dissolution of the previous 37 abbeys throughout the centuries, today it is the oldest surviving Cistercian community in the world.
Cistercian abbeys also refused to admit children, allowing adults to choose their religious vocation for themselves – a practice later emulated by many of the older Benedictine houses.
By granting the abbey cathedral status, Henry VIII gained an excuse to spare it from the destruction or dissolution which he inflicted on most English abbeys during this period.