name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.
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Standard Lemma guide
abbey
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/ˈæb.i/
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homophone: Abby
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
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name
Meaning 3
A British surname.
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name
Meaning 4
Westminster Abbey.
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Usage: London
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name
Meaning 5
The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
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Usage: Scotland
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name
Meaning 6
A place name:
A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).
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name
Meaning 7
A place name:
A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).
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name
Meaning 8
A place name:
A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).
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name
Meaning 9
A place name:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.
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name
Meaning 10
A place name:
A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.
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noun
Meaning 11
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
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noun
Meaning 12
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
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Examples
- Near-synonym: convent
- From 1199 to 1203 William Punchard was the abbot of the abbey of Rievaulx, which was part of the Cistercian order of monks.
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noun
Meaning 13
The church of a monastery.
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noun
Meaning 14
A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
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Usage: British, English
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noun
Meaning 15
The abele or white poplar (Populus alba).
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Usage: dialectal
Qualifier: Somerset
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noun
Meaning 16
a monastery ruled by an abbot
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Broader terms: monastery
noun
Meaning 17
a convent ruled by an abbess
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noun
Meaning 18
a church associated with a monastery or convent
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Broader terms: church, church building
History
Etymology
From A.D. 1250 in Middle English abbey, abbeye (“convent headed by an abbot”) (compare archaic English abbaye), itself borrowed from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, abeïe, abbeïe (Modern French abbaye) from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy and Opatija. See abbot.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Oromo: gadaamii — monastery headed by an abbot
- Afrikaans: abdy — monastery headed by an abbot
- Afrikaans: klooster — monastery headed by an abbot
- Arabic: دَيْر (dayr) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Arabic: دير (dēr) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Armenian: աբբայություն (abbayutʻyun) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Armenian: աբբայարան (abbayaran) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Asturian: abadía — monastery headed by an abbot
- Basque: abadia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Belarusian: аба́цтва (abáctva) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Bulgarian: аба́тство (abátstvo) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Catalan: abadia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Chinese: 隱修院 /隐修院 (ún-siu-īun) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Chinese Mandarin: 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Cornish: abatti — monastery headed by an abbot
- Czech: opatství — monastery headed by an abbot
- Danish: abbedi — monastery headed by an abbot
- Dutch: abdij — monastery headed by an abbot
- Esperanto: abatejo — monastery headed by an abbot
- Estonian: klooster — monastery headed by an abbot
- Finnish: luostari — monastery headed by an abbot
- French: abbaye — monastery headed by an abbot
- Galician: abadía — monastery headed by an abbot
- Georgian: სააბატო (saabaṭo) — monastery headed by an abbot
- German: Abtei — monastery headed by an abbot
- Greek: αβαείο (avaeío) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Gullah: aa’bay — monastery headed by an abbot
- Hungarian: apátság — monastery headed by an abbot
- Irish: mainistir — monastery headed by an abbot
- Italian: abbazia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Japanese: 修道院 (shūdōin) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Korean: 수도원 (sudowon) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Korean: 수원 (suwon) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Korean: 승원 (seung'won) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Korean: 승원(僧園)) (seung'won) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Latin: abbatia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Latvian: abatija — monastery headed by an abbot
- Lithuanian: abatija — monastery headed by an abbot
- Luxembourgish: Abtei — monastery headed by an abbot
- Macedonian: опатија (opatija) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Macedonian: игуменија (igumenija) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Malayalam: മഠം (maṭhaṁ) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Maltese: abbatija — monastery headed by an abbot
- Manx: abban — monastery headed by an abbot
- Manx: mannishter — monastery headed by an abbot
- Norman: abbaye — monastery headed by an abbot
- Norwegian Bokmål: abbedi — monastery headed by an abbot
- Norwegian Nynorsk: abbedi — monastery headed by an abbot
- Occitan: abadiá — monastery headed by an abbot
- Old Galician-Portuguese: abadia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Polish: opactwo — monastery headed by an abbot
- Portuguese: abadia — monastery headed by an abbot
- Romanian: abație — monastery headed by an abbot
- Russian: абба́тство (abbátstvo) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ) — monastery headed by an abbot
- Scottish Gaelic: abaid — monastery headed by an abbot
- Serbo-Croatian: опа̀тија — monastery headed by an abbot
- Serbo-Croatian: opàtija — monastery headed by an abbot
- Sicilian: batìa — monastery headed by an abbot
- Slovak: opátstvo — monastery headed by an abbot
- Slovene: opatija — monastery headed by an abbot
- Spanish: abadía — monastery headed by an abbot
- Swedish: abbottkloster — monastery headed by an abbot
- Turkish: dergâh — monastery headed by an abbot
- Turkish: tekke — monastery headed by an abbot
- Turkish: manastır — monastery headed by an abbot
- Vietnamese: tu viện — monastery headed by an abbot
- Vietnamese: nhà tu — monastery headed by an abbot
- Volapük: lepädanöp — monastery headed by an abbot
- Welsh: abaty — monastery headed by an abbot
- Zazaki: manastır — monastery headed by an abbot
- Zazaki: cayge — monastery headed by an abbot
- Afrikaans: kloosterkerk — church of a monastery
- Armenian: աբբայարան (abbayaran) — church of a monastery
- Armenian: աբբայություն (abbayutʻyun) — church of a monastery
- Bulgarian: манастирска църква (manastirska cǎrkva) — church of a monastery
- Catalan: abadia — church of a monastery
- Cornish: abatti — church of a monastery
- Czech: opatství — church of a monastery
- Dutch: abdijkerk — church of a monastery
- Esperanto: abatejo — church of a monastery
- Finnish: luostarikirkko — church of a monastery
- French: abbaye — church of a monastery
- Galician: abadía — church of a monastery
- German: Klosterkirche — church of a monastery
- Italian: abbazia — church of a monastery
- Lakota: wičháša-wakȟáŋ-thípi — church of a monastery
- Macedonian: игуменија (igumenija) — church of a monastery
- Maltese: abbatija — church of a monastery
- Manx: keeill abban — church of a monastery
- Manx: keeill vaynagh — church of a monastery
- Manx: keeill vannishter — church of a monastery
- Norman: abbaye — church of a monastery
- Norwegian: abbedi — church of a monastery
- Norwegian: klosterkirke — church of a monastery
- Polish: opactwo — church of a monastery
- Portuguese: abadia — church of a monastery
- Romanian: abație — church of a monastery
- Scottish Gaelic: abaid — church of a monastery
- Sicilian: batìa — church of a monastery
- Spanish: abadía — church of a monastery
- Swedish: klosterkyrka — church of a monastery
- Turkish: dergâh — church of a monastery
- Turkish: tekke — church of a monastery
- Turkish: manastır — church of a monastery
- Welsh: abaty — church of a monastery
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