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Abbey - Wikipedia An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns
Abbey | Definition, History, Arrangement, Examples | Britannica abbey, group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess In this sense, an abbey consists of a complex of buildings serving the needs of a self-contained religious community
Abbey - New World Encyclopedia The designated abbey may be a monastery or a convent Thus, because of the possibility of it being a convent, an abbey-principality is one of the only cases in which the rule can be restricted to female incumbents, styled princess-abbess
Abbey - definition of abbey by The Free Dictionary Define abbey abbey synonyms, abbey pronunciation, abbey translation, English dictionary definition of abbey a monastery under the supervision of an abbott or a convent under the supervision of an abbess Not to be confused with: abbé – a member of the French
History and architecture of an abbey | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica abbey, Complex of buildings housing a monastery or convent under the direction of an abbot or abbess, serving the needs of a self-contained religious community The first abbey was Monte Cassino in Italy, founded in 529 by St Benedict of Nursia
Abbey | Encyclopedia. com abbey Complex of buildings that constitute a religious community, the centre of which is the abbey church Since the decline of monasticism often only the church remains
The Layout of a Medieval Abbey - World History Encyclopedia An abbey was an impressive feature of the local landscape since it was one of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the medieval world Abbeys were one of the few building types constructed in stone and made to large dimensions