Abbey

/ˈæb.i/

Synonyms for "abbey" (9 found)

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Strong matches (3)

house of god
Noun(2 words)

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
monastic communitymonastic establishmentreligious housewestminster

Related word relations

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More general

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churchchurch buildingconventmonasterymonastic institutionreligious institution

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3 entries
Benedictine abbeyCistercian abbeyabbey governance

Collocations

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Benedictine abbeyCistercian abbeyabbey churchabbey gardensabbey precinctsabbey ruins

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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For many years, the abbey was turned into a fortress, happily joining in itself martial and religious architecture.

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An abbey once stood here.

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Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill.

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