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Abbey
//ˈæb.i// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.
- 2 A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
- 3 A British surname.
- 4 Westminster Abbey. London
- 5 The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. Scotland
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- 6 A place name:; A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).
- 7 A place name:; A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).
- 8 A place name:; A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).
- 9 A place name:; A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.
- 10 A place name:; A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.
Noun
- 1 The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
- 2 a monastery ruled by an abbot wordnet
- 3 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"
- 4 a convent ruled by an abbess wordnet
- 5 The church of a monastery.
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- 6 a church associated with a monastery or convent wordnet
- 7 A residence that was previously an abbatial building. British, English
Etymology
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 Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy and Opatija. See abbot.
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