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# abbey

«abbey» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building, or group of buildings, where monks or nuns…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an abbey, abbeys; the Abbey)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) An abbey is a building, or group of buildings, where monks or nuns live and pray together, led by an abbot or abbess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#m1)

2) An abbey is also a large church that was once part of such a place, such as Westminster Abbey in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons (monks, Henry VIII closing the monasteries, castles) and church life lessons. In news, royal weddings and coronations take place at Westminster Abbey. Phrases: «Westminster Abbey», «a ruined abbey», «the abbey church», «Downton Abbey» (a TV series).

### examples

- Monks lived and prayed at the abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x1)
- We visited the ruins of an old abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x2)
- Kings and queens are crowned in Westminster Abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x3)
- The abbey bells rang for evening prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x4)
- The abbot was in charge of the abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x5)
- Many abbeys were closed long ago and fell into ruins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x6)
- Nuns at the abbey made honey and candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x7)
- Llewelyn had local connection with Bedd Gellert, which was the seat of an Augustinian abbey, one of the oldest in Wales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; plural «abbeys» (vowel before y, so just add -s). «An abbey». Leaders: abbot (man), abbess (woman). Close words: monastery (monks), convent or nunnery (nuns), priory (a smaller house).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abbey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.