Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of christian or buddhist monks and nuns. The meaning of abbey is a monastery ruled by an abbot How to use abbey in a sentence. 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 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 building where monks or nuns live or used to live Some abbeys are now used as churches Downton abbey fans, are you ready to bid farewell to the crawley family The grand finale is finally coming to streaming after finding success in its theatrical run. 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
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