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Etymology

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From A.D. 1250 inMiddle Englishabbey,abbeye(“convent headed by anabbot”) (compare archaic Englishabbaye), itself borrowed fromOld Frenchabaïe,abbaïe,abeïe,abbeïe (Modern Frenchabbaye) fromLate Latin orEcclesiastical Latinabbātia, from Classical Latinabbās(“abbot”).Doublet ofabbacy andOpatija. Seeabbot.

Ruins of Fountains Abbey

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Noun

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abbey (pluralabbeys)

  1. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.[First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
  2. Amonastery or society of people,secluded from theworld and devoted toreligion andcelibacy, which is headed by anabbot orabbess; also, themonastic building or buildings.[First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
    From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of theabbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
  3. The church of a monastery.[First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
  4. (British English) A residence that was previously anabbatial building.[2][Mid 16th century.][1]

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monastery headed by an abbot
church of a monastery
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References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.21.3Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbey”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 3.
  2. ^Laurence Urdang (editor),The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975],→ISBN), page 1

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchabaie, fromLate Latin orEcclesiastical Latinabbātia.Doublet ofabbathie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbɛi̯(ə)/,/aˈbiː(ə)/

Noun

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abbey (pluralabbeyes)

  1. An abbey(a building or monastic institution).
  2. The church located inside a monastery.
  3. (rare)Abbotship;abbacy.

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