ABBEY
\ˈabi], \ˈabi], \ˈa_b_i]\
Definitions of ABBEY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
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The church of a monastery.
By Oddity Software
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A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
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The church of a monastery.
By Noah Webster.
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An institution where persons of either sex live apart from the world and devote them selves to a religious life; also, the building in which they live; monastery (for males); convent or nunnery (for females); the church of a monastery.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A monastery of persons of either sex presided over by an abbot or abbess: the church attached to it.
By Daniel Lyons
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A monastery or nunnery governed by an abbot or abbess; a chapel of such an institution; the residence of an abbot or abbess.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A residence of persons, of either sex, secluded from the world, and devoted to a life of celibacy and religion; the church attached to an abbey; the residence of the superior; a mansion once an abbey.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
