For many years, the abbey was turned into a fortress, happily joining in itself martial and religious architecture.
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Abbey
//ˈæb.i//
Synonyms for "abbey" (8 found)
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9 entriesderived
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3 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
107 translations across 60 languages.
Afan Oromo
1 entries- gadaamii noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Afrikaans
3 entries- abdy noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- klooster noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- kloosterkerk noun (church of a monastery)
Arabic
2 entries- دير noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- دَيْر noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Armenian
4 entries- աբբայարան noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- աբբայարան noun (church of a monastery)
- աբբայություն noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- աբբայություն noun (church of a monastery)
Asturian
1 entries- abadía noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Basque
1 entries- abadia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Belarusian
1 entries- аба́цтва noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Bulgarian
2 entries- аба́тство noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- манастирска църква noun (church of a monastery)
Catalan
2 entries- abadia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abadia noun (church of a monastery)
Chinese
1 entries- 隱修院 /隐修院 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 修道院 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Cornish
2 entries- abatti noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abatti noun (church of a monastery)
Czech
2 entries- opatství noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- opatství noun (church of a monastery)
Danish
1 entries- abbedi noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Dutch
2 entries- abdij noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abdijkerk noun (church of a monastery)
Esperanto
2 entries- abatejo noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abatejo noun (church of a monastery)
Estonian
1 entries- klooster noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Finnish
2 entries- luostari noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- luostarikirkko noun (church of a monastery)
French
2 entries- abbaye noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abbaye noun (church of a monastery)
Galician
2 entries- abadía noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abadía noun (church of a monastery)
Georgian
1 entries- სააბატო noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
German
2 entries- Abtei noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- Klosterkirche noun (church of a monastery)
Greek
2 entries- αβαείο noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- μοναστήρι noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Gullah
1 entries- aa’bay noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Hungarian
1 entries- apátság noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Irish
1 entries- mainistir noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Italian
2 entries- abbazia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abbazia noun (church of a monastery)
Japanese
1 entries- 修道院 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Korean
4 entries- 수도원 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- 수원 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- 승원 noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- 승원(僧園)) noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Lakota
1 entries- wičháša-wakȟáŋ-thípi noun (church of a monastery)
Latin
1 entries- abbatia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Latvian
1 entries- abatija noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Lithuanian
1 entries- abatija noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Abtei noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Macedonian
3 entries- игуменија noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- игуменија noun (church of a monastery)
- опатија noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Malayalam
1 entries- മഠം noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Maltese
2 entries- abbatija noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abbatija noun (church of a monastery)
Manx
4 entries- abban noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- keeill abban noun (church of a monastery)
- keeill vannishter noun (church of a monastery)
- keeill vaynagh noun (church of a monastery)
Norman
2 entries- abbaye noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abbaye noun (church of a monastery)
Norwegian
2 entries- abbedi noun (church of a monastery)
- klosterkirke noun (church of a monastery)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- abbedi noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- abbedi noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Occitan
1 entries- abadiá noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- abadia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Polish
2 entries- opactwo noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- opactwo noun (church of a monastery)
Portuguese
2 entries- abadia noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abadia noun (church of a monastery)
Romanian
2 entries- abație noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abație noun (church of a monastery)
Russian
2 entries- абба́тство noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- монасты́рь noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- abaid noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abaid noun (church of a monastery)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- opàtija noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- опа̀тија noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Sicilian
2 entries- batìa noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- batìa noun (church of a monastery)
Slovak
1 entries- opátstvo noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Slovene
1 entries- opatija noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Spanish
2 entries- abadía noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abadía noun (church of a monastery)
Swedish
2 entries- abbottkloster noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- klosterkyrka noun (church of a monastery)
Turkish
4 entries- dergâh noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- dergâh noun (church of a monastery)
- manastır noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- manastır noun (church of a monastery)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhà tu noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- tu viện noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Volapük
1 entries- lepädanöp noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Welsh
2 entries- abaty noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- abaty noun (church of a monastery)
Zazaki
2 entries- cayge noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
- manastır noun (monastery headed by an abbot)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
An abbey once stood here.
Source: tatoeba (2900167)
Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Source: tatoeba (4823654)
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.
Source: tatoeba (5681901)
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