Definitions
a monastery ruled by an abbot
Word origin
From A.D. 1250 in Middle English abbey, abbeye (“convent headed by an abbot”) (compare archaic English abbaye), itself borrowed from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, abeïe, abbeïe (Modern French abbaye) from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy and Opatija. See abbot.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: convent”
“From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.”
“Ab'bey. The great white poplar: one of the varieties of the Populus alba.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Monastery”5 letters
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