Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of christian or buddhist monks and nuns. Abbey, group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess The meaning of abbey is a monastery ruled by an abbot How to use abbey in a sentence. A building where monks or nuns live or used to live Some abbeys are now used as churches
A large medieval abbey had over 450 monks, but a more typical abbey had around 100 permanent inhabitants The main idea of monasticism was that life in a place of quiet and relative solitude would better aid understanding of and permit greater proximity to god. A monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess. See examples of abbey used in a sentence. Abbey (plural abbeys) the office or dominion of an abbot or abbess [first attested around 1150 to 1350.][1] a monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess
[first attested around 1150 to 1350.][1] Ab•bey (ˈæb i) n., pl A monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess The church of an abbey. An abbey (from latin abbatia, derived from syriac abba, father), is a christian monastery or convent, under the government of an abbot or an abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.
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