abbey
(æbi )
Word forms: abbeys
countable noun
An abbey is a church with buildings attached to it in which monks or nuns live or used to live.
Synonyms: monastery, convent, priory, cloister
Image of abbey
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Collocations:
abbey church medieval abbey
Visitors can see the abbey church, wander around gardens and medieval ruins and relax in the tearoom tucking into a cake baked in monastery kitchens.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If a monk from the old abbey was to walk into our abbey church, he would barely be aware he was in another century.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is based in the old abbey church and still has all the panelling, stained glass and a pulpit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The wall paintings in the abbey church are still worth a gander.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The medieval abbey rises from soft greenery beneath a vast sky.
Times, Sunday Times
Beneath the austere shadow of the medieval abbey and alongside the river that curls around the town, local farmers sell organically grown fruit and veg alongside fishmongers, cheese-makers and milliners.
Times, Sunday Times
The work would be the first at the medieval abbey for 250 years.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 修道院
Japanese: 僧院