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English

Pronunciation
(RP): IPA|/�æb.i/
rhymes|æbi

Etymology
First attested in w:1250|1250, convent headed by an abbot, from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, French abbaye, Latin abbatia, from abbas abbot. See abbot.

Noun
en-noun

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; also, the monastic building or buildings.

#: From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.

1. The church of a monastery.
2. In London, the Abbey is short for Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. The name is also retained for a private residence on the site of an abbey; as, Newstead Abbey, the residence of Lord Byron.

Usage notes
Men in an abbey are called monks, women are called nuns.
A male head of an abbey is an abbot; a female head is an abbess.

Related terms
archabbey
archabbot
cloister
convent
friary
monastery
nunnery
priory

Translations
trans-top|monastery headed by an abbot
Czech: t-|cs|opatství|n
Dutch: t+|nl|abdij|f
Esperanto: abatejo
Finnish: t-|fi|luostari
French: t+|fr|abbaye|f
German: t+|de|Abtei|f
Greek: αββαείο n, μονα��ή�ι (monastíri) n
Italian: t+|it|abbazia|f
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Maltese: abbatija
Norwegian: t|no|abbedi|n
Occitan: abadiá f
Polish: opactwo n
Portuguese: t-|pt|abadia|f
Russian: абба���во n, мона����� (monastýr') m
Slovene: opatija f
Spanish: t+|es|abadía|f
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trans-top|church of a monastery
Czech: t-|cs|opatství|n
Finnish: t|fi|luostarikirkko
French: t+|fr|abbaye|f
German: t+|de|Kloster|n
Italian: t+|it|abbazia|f
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Maltese: abbatija
Norwegian: t|no|abbedi|n
Polish: opactwo n
Portuguese: t-|pt|abadia|f
Spanish: t+|es|abadía|f
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ttbc|Breton: abati f
ttbc|Catalan: abadia f
ttbc|Galician: abadía f
ttbc|Indonesian: biara
ttbc|Interlingua: abbatia
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ttbc|Japanese: 修�� (�������, shūd�in)
ttbc|Malayalam: മഠ�
ttbc|Novial: abatia
ttbc|Slovak:opátstvo n
ttbc|Vietnamese: tu vi�n, gi�i tu sĩ, các nhà tu, các bà xơ nhà th�
ttbc|Volapük: lepädanöp

Shorthand
Gregg (Version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - e

References
R:Webster 1913

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