abbey

ab·bey

noun \ˈa-bē\

plural abbeys

Definition of ABBEY

1

a : a monastery ruled by an abbot b : a convent ruled by an abbess

2

: an abbey church

Examples of ABBEY

1. <the monks in the abbey grow all their own vegetables>

Origin of ABBEY

Middle English, from Anglo-French abbaie, abbeie, from Late Latin abbatia abbey, from abbat-, abbas

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to ABBEY

Synonyms: monastery, cloister, friary, hermitage, priory

Related Words: house; convent, nunnery; lamasery

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Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with ABBEY

blabby, cabbie, crabby, flabby, gabby, grabby, scabby, shabby, tabby, yabby