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Recent Examples of abbey
The abbey sits at the end of a steep road in the foothills of the Festungsberg, removed from the bustle of Salzburg's Old Town.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abbey
Noun
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Among them were 19 Catholics, including seven Trappist monks from the Tibhirine monastery south of Algiers, who were kidnapped and killed in 1996 by Islamic fighters.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Tolan and other historians show how these hostile depictions developed in time in monasteries and royal courts.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Located just east of the Main Quad, Ida Noyes Hall is the home of Doc Films' Max Palevsky Cinema, the campus Pub for over-21 crowd, an array of offices and event spaces, and an architecturally striking staircase and cloister.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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There are still 20 friars who live in the convent around the cloister carrying out their duties.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Abbey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abbey. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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