mid-13c., "monastery or convent devoted to religion and celibacy, headed by an abbot or abbess," from Anglo-French abbeie, Old French abaïe (Modern French abbaye), from Late Latin abbatia, f [..]

a monastery or a convent; the big church of a monastery or convent

n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

To see an abbey in ruins, foretells that your hopes and schemes will fall into ignoble incompletion. To dream that a priest bars your entrance into an abbey, denotes that you will be saved from a ruinous state by enemies mistaking your embarrassment for progress. For a young woman to get into an abbey, foretells her violent illness. If she converse [..]

A monastic community of either monks or nuns. Ruled by an (m.) Abbot or (f.) Abbess Usually founded by a particular monastic order and bound by their rules. Abbeys many times owe some form of feudal o [..]

(n) a monastery ruled by an abbot(n) a convent ruled by an abbess(n) a church associated with a monastery or convent

monasterium, abbatia

A community composed of monks or nuns. Allure:

See monastery

Building in which Monks or Nuns live, run by an abbot or abbess

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.vi|2=was " * Welsh: (abaty,m) {{t-check|br|abati|f * Indonesian: id|biara * Interlingua: ia|abbatia {{t-check|ml|???|sc=Mlym * Novial: nov|abatia * Slo [..]

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Diminutive of Abigail.