📖 Definitions of "Abbey"
noun
- 1
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
- 2
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
- 3
The church of a monastery.
- 4
A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
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