abbey
noun
a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.
abbeys
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pluralof abbey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While walking the Becket Way, her group will join prayer services at churches, cathedrals and abbeys, as well as meeting with other pilgrims and visiting schools.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
If you’re new to her work, here is where to start with Groff’s sprawling canon, which spans from steamy Florida swamps to medieval abbeys with a gift for the unexpected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Abbey beers, which involve a brewer paying royalties in exchange for using the abbey name, are common in Belgium, but until now they have only been with abbeys housing monks.
From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2021
Many of these abbeys outlived the age that created them, and their garden forms were borrowed in the more secular landscapes that followed.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2020
In the abbeys all the monks were illuminating the initial letters of their manuscripts with such a riot of invention that it was impossible to read the first page at all.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
