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Take in the Gothic splendor of the abbey, where Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married, and where Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin are buried.
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Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Back in 1775, the grapes grown at the Schloss Johannisberg estate in Germany’s Rheingau region could not be picked until a permit was issued by the cleric leading the abbey, known as the Prince Abbot.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, The Prettiest Village In France, 2025 The abbey of Saint Anthony is the main draw in France's prettiest village, 2025, classified as a historic monument in 1840 because of its medieval architecture.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The approach is one that the duo has used in other projects, including Clausura, a ghost-like outline of a late 12th century abbey in Herkenrode, Belgium.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Back in 1775, the grapes grown at the Schloss Johannisberg estate in Germany’s Rheingau region could not be picked until a permit was issued by the cleric leading the abbey, known as the Prince Abbot.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, The Prettiest Village In France, 2025 The abbey of Saint Anthony is the main draw in France's prettiest village, 2025, classified as a historic monument in 1840 because of its medieval architecture.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The approach is one that the duo has used in other projects, including Clausura, a ghost-like outline of a late 12th century abbey in Herkenrode, Belgium.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abbey
Noun
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Beyond those fragrant fillings was a rich history of the monastery dating to the 10th century.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 1924, a group of Dominican nuns founded the monastery.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Abbey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abbey. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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