abbeynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæb.i/us/ˈæb.i/a building where monks or nuns live or used to live. Some abbeys are now used as churches:
Westminster Abbey
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- We glimpsed the ruined abbey from the windows of the train.
- The abbey was completely rebuilt in 1503 after it had been destroyed by fire.
- The town's fame rests on its beautiful 14th-century abbey.
- The abbey was recently restored after decades of disuse.
- We walked through the ruins of the abbey.
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- caliphate
- cathedral
- chapel
- church
- gurdwara
- hermitage
- house of God
- kirk
- kiva
- mosque
- nunnery
- pagoda
- parsonage
- place of worship
- synagogue
- tabernacle
- United Church of Canada
- vicarage
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