abbey

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noun

Plural noun:

abbeysabby

1.
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
2.
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
Near-synonym: convent
From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
Đồng nghĩa: convent
3.
The church of a monastery.
4.
(British, English)(British English) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
5.
(dialectal)(Somerset, dialect) The abele or white poplar (Populus alba).

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convent

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From A.D. 1250 in Middle English abbey, abbeye (convent headed by an abbot) (compare archaic English abbaye), itself borrowed from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, abeïe, abbeïe (Modern French abbaye) from - or abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (abbot). abbacy Opatija. See abbot.