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
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