Where the abbey and the cathedral really compete is in their music.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As she arrived at the abbey all the church bells in the city were ringing out in a clamour of celebration.
Jane Dunn ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
Her family has been at the 12th-century abbey since the revolution.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Archaeologists digging at the ruins of a 12th-century abbey have unearthed a medieval poker chip.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is based in the old abbey church and still has all the panelling, stained glass and a pulpit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I am writing this while leaning against the ruined cloisters of an abbey founded during the 13th century.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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)
Froome has not put a pedal wrong, except perhaps a momentary wobble as he rounded the final bend on the causeway underneath the ancient abbey.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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)
Home to a beautiful 12th-century abbey, it has a charming high street with a good selection of independent shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
abbey
British English: abbey /ˈæbɪ/ NOUN
An abbey is a church with buildings attached to it in which monks or nuns live.
American English: abbey
Arabic: دَيْرُ الرُّهْبان
Brazilian Portuguese: abadia
Chinese: 修道院
Croatian: opatija
Czech: opatství
Danish: abbedi
Dutch: abdij
European Spanish: abadía
Finnish: luostarikirkko
French: abbaye
German: Abtei
Greek: αββαείο
Italian: abbazia
Japanese: 僧院
Korean: 대수도원
Norwegian: kloster
Polish: opactwo
European Portuguese: abadia
Romanian: abație
Russian: аббатство
Latin American Spanish: abadía
Swedish: kloster
Thai: สำนักสงฆ์
Turkish: manastır
Ukrainian: монастир
Vietnamese: tu viện
All related terms of 'abbey'
Abbey Theatre
an influential theatre in Dublin (opened 1904): associated with it were Synge , Yeats , Lady Gregory , and O'Casey. It was destroyed by fire in 1951 but was rebuilt ; it reopened in 1966
Melrose Abbey
a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
Woburn Abbey
a mansion in Woburn in Bedfordshire : originally an abbey ; rebuilt in the 17th century for the Dukes of Bedford , altered by Henry Holland in the 18th century; deer park landscaped by Humphrey Repton
Fonthill Abbey
a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire : rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt ; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
Fountains Abbey
a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire : founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
Rievaulx Abbey
a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire : built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries ; landscaped in the 18th century
Westminster Abbey
a Gothic church in London : site of a Benedictine monastery (1050–65); scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs since William I
Chinese translation of 'abbey'
abbey
(ˈæbɪ)
n(c)
大修道院 (dà xiūdàoyuàn) (座, zuò)
(noun)
Definition
a building inhabited by monks or nuns
a memorial service at Westminster Abbey
Synonyms
monastery
He spent a year in a Buddhist monastery.
convent
She entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 21.
priory
Lindisfarne priory on Holy Island
cloister
nunnery
In monasteries and nunneries, prayers are being offered for him.
friary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of convent
Definition
a community of nuns
She entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 21.
Synonyms
nunnery,
religious community,
religious house
in the sense of nunnery
Definition
a convent
In monasteries and nunneries, prayers are being offered for him.
Synonyms
convent,
house,
abbey,
monastery,
cloister
in the sense of priory
Definition
a religious house where certain orders of monks or nuns live